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Volume 30 (1)
Volume 30, Issue 1, Winter 2010 
J Contin Educ Health Prof 2010; 30(1):44-50
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Michel Labrecque, Valérie Lafortune, Judith Lajeunesse, Anne-Marie Lambert-Perrault, Hermes Manrique, Johanne Blais, France Légaré A b s t r a c t Introduction: Defined as reviews of clinical aspects of a specific health problem published in peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed medical journals, offered without charge, continuing medical education (CME) articles form a key strategy for translating knowledge into practice. This study assessed CME articles for mention of evidencebased information on benefits and harms of available treatment and/or preventive options that are deemed essential for shared decision making (SDM) to occur in clinical practice. Methods: Articles were selected from 5 medical journals that publish CME articles and are provided free of charge to primary-care physicians of the province of Quebec, Canada. Two individuals independently scored each article with the use of a 10-item checklist based on the International Patient Decision Aid Standards. In case of discrepancy, the item score was established by team consensus. Scores were added to produce a total article score ranging from 0 (no item present) to 10 (all items present). Results: Thirty articles (6 articles per journal) were selected. Total article scores ranged from 1 to 9, with a mean (± SD) of 3.1 ± 2.0 (95% confidence interval 2.8-4.3). Health conditions and treatment options were the items most frequently discussed in the articles; next came treatment benefits. Possible harms, the use of the same denominators for benefits and harms, and methods to facilitate the communication of benefits and harms to patients were almost never described. No significant differences between journals were observed. Discussion: The CME articles evaluated did not include the evidence-based information necessary to foster SDM in clinical practice. Peer-reviewed and non-peer-reviewed medical journals should require CME articles to include this type of information. Lessons for Practice
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