Finding Evidence — Recognising Hype Finding Evidence — Recognising Hype

Be better equipped to make choices
about new medicines

The FERH keygraphic - the top of someone's head

Finding Evidence – Recognising Hype is a new online program for general practitioners that tackles some of the major barriers to evidence-based prescribing. It's designed to improve skills and confidence in assessing new medicines.

Q. A 58-year-old woman comes to you with information from the internet about a new treatment for smoking cessation:

What do you do next?
How do you involve her in choosing the best treatment?

Q. A 50-year-old man hears about new trial results of an established medicine and wants to know if the treatment may prevent him from having a stroke:

How confident are you at explaining clinical trial evidence to your patients?

What the program offers

Six hours of interactive learning with case-based activities
Skills in asking questions about new drugs and connecting them to research evidence
Use of high quality resources and tools for evidence-based prescribing
Understanding of the limited knowledge about new drugs
Effective ways to communicate the risks and benefits of treatment options to patients
Skills in ‘reading’ clinical trial research efficiently and critically
A critical look at the role of promotional materials in prescribing

Earn professional development points

This activity has been approved in the 2008–2010 triennium by:

The RACGP QA&CPD program.
Total points: 40 (Category 1)
The ACRRM PD Program.
Six ALS PDP points

What you will learn

At the end of the program you should be able to:

formulate questions to ask about new medicines
know where to find reliable information about new medicines
understand the limitations of safety information and surrogate efficacy data for new medicines
rapidly interpret the results of randomised controlled trials
discuss with patients the risks and benefits of treatment options, including new medicines
identify quality consumer information, including tools and resources for decision-making about new medicines
feel more confident responding to patients’ questions about new medicines
know how promotion can fall short as an information source
feel more confident in making a deliberate choice about your exposure to promotion
use a checklist to work out the place in therapy of a new medicine.

Visit the NPS Online Learning Site for the complete list of learning objectives for
Finding Evidence – Recognising Hype.

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