Online research article discussion board to increase knowledge translation during emergency medicine residency

line research article discussion board to increase knowledge translation during emergency medicine residency Original Research (481) Total Article Views Authors: Stoneking LR, Grall KH, Min AA, Panchal AR Published Date January 2013 Volume 2013:4 Pages 17 - 21 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S40015 Received: 07 November 2012 Accepted: 05 December 2012 Published: 29 January 2013 Lisa R Stoneking, Kristi H Grall, Alice A Min, Ashish R Panchal Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA Background: Many clinicians have difficulties reading current best practice journal articles on a regular basis. Discussion boards are one method of online asynchronous learning that facilitates active learning and participation. We hypothesized that an online repository of best practice articles with a discussion board would increase journal article reading by emergency medicine residents. Methods: Participants answered three questions weekly on a discussion board: What question does this study address? What does this study add to our knowledge? How might this change clinical practice? A survey regarding perceived barriers to participating was then distributed. Results: Most participants completed an article summary once or twice in total (23/32, 71.9%). Only three were involved most weeks (3/32, 9.4%) whereas 5/32 (15.6%) participated monthly. The most common barriers were lack of time (20/32, 62.5%), difficulty logging on (7/32, 21.9%), and forgetting (6/32, 18.8%). Conclusion: Although subjects were provided weekly with an article link, email, and feedback, journal article reading frequency did not increase.