Published papers

Granikov V, Grad R, El Sherif R, Shulha M, Chaput G, Doray G, et al. The Information Assessment Method: Over 15 years of research evaluating the value of health information. Education for Information. 2020;36(1):7-18

 

Gonzalez-Reyes A, Schuster T, Grad R, Pluye P. Will this benefit my patients? Expected benefits of information from a continuing medical education program may lead to higher participation rates by family physicians. Education for Information. 2020;36(1):51-58

 

Dol J, Tomblin Murphy G, Aston M, McMillan D, Campbell-Yeo M. Design, development and usability testing of Essential Coaching for Every Mother: A postnatal text message educational intervention. Women and Birth. 2020

 

Asfour S, Grad R, Luctkar-Flude M. What are the key barriers to the implementation of guideline recommendations for breast cancer survivors? Protocol of a mixed methods study. Education for Information. 2020;36(1):19-27

 

Ramos D, Grad R, Saroyan A, Nugus P. Seeking coherence between ‘mobile learning’ applications and the everyday lives of medical residents. Perspectives on Medical Education. 2019;8(3):152-159

 

Pluye P, El Sherif R, Granikov V, Hong QN, Vedel I, Galvao MCB, et al. Health outcomes of online consumer health information: A systematic mixed studies review with framework synthesis. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 2019;70(7):643-659

 

Galvao MCB, Carmona F, Grand R, Pluye P, Ricarte ILM. Disseminating health evidence summaries to increase evidence use in health care. Revista de Saude Publica. 2018;52

 

Bujold M, El Sherif R, Bush PL, Johnson-Lafleur J, Doray G, Pluye P. Ecological content validation of the Information Assessment Method for parents (IAM-parent): A mixed methods study. Evaluation and Program Planning. 2018;66:79-88

 

Grad RM, Pluye P, Wong E, Brailovsky C, Moscovici JL, Kaczorowski J et al. (2017) Do Weekly Alerts From a Mobile Application Influence Reading During Residency? PRiMER.2017.243866

 

Grad RM, Ebell M. Top POEMs of 2016 consistent with the Choosing Wisely Campaign. American Family Physician 2017;96(4):23-239 

 

Gonzalez-Reyes A, Pluye P, Hutsul J.-A, Jovaisas B, Emberley P, Grad RM. (2017) Top 5 primary care topics for pharmacists in 2015. Canadian Pharmacists Journal 150(1);17-18.

 

Badran H, Pluye P, Grad RM. (2017) When Educational Material is Delivered: A Mixed Methods Content Validation Study of the Information Assessment Method. JMIR Medical Education 3(1):e4.

 

Grad RM, Ebell M. Top POEMs of 2015 Consistent with the Principles of the Choosing Wisely campaign. American Family Physician 2016;94(7):566-70. 

 

Carroll J, Grad RM, Allanson J et al. (2016) The Gene Messenger Impact Project: An innovative genetics knowledge transfer strategy for primary care providers. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 36(3):178-185. 

 

Lewis D, Rodríguez C, Pluye P, Grad RM. (2016) Mining reflective continuing medical education data for family physician learning needs. Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics 23(1):439–440.

 

Pluye P, Gonzalez-Reyes A, Tang D, Badran H, Repchinsky CA, Jovaisas B, Hutsul J, Emberley P, Grad RM. (2016) Expected health benefits of e-Therapeutics Highlights according to pharmacists and physicians. Canadian Pharmacists Journal 149(2):70-74

 

El Sherif R, Roy P, Tang DL, Pluye P, Bush P, Doray G & Lagarde F (2015). Toward an information management system for handling parenting information users' comments. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 52: 1–3. doi: 10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010076

 

Pluye P, El Sherif R, Bartlett G, Granikov V, Grad RM, Doray G, Lagarde F, Loignon C, & Bouthillier F (2015). Perceived outcomes of online parenting information according to self-selected participants from a population of website users. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 52: 1–3. doi: 10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010072

 

Ebell M, Grad RM. Top 20 Research Studies of 2014 for Primary Care Physicians. American Family Physician 2015;92(5):377-383. 

 

Fiander M, McGowan J, Grad RM, Pluye P et al. Interventions to increase the use of electronic health information by health care practitioners to improve clinical practice, and patient outcomes. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2015, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD004749. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004749.pub3.

 

Badran H, Pluye P, & Grad RM (2015). Advantages and disadvantages of educational email alerts for family physicians: Viewpoint. Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), 17(2):e49. DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3773;

 

Grad RM, Pluye P, Tang DL, Shulha M, Slawson DC, Shaughnessy AF. 'POEMs’ suggest potential clinical topics for the Choosing Wisely Campaign. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 2015;28:184-189.

 

Tang DL, Bouthillier F, Pluye P, Grad RM, Repchinsky C. The value of user feedback: Health care professionals’ comments to the health information provider. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 2015;66(2):377-391.

 

Grad RM, Pluye P, Shulha M, Tang DL, Moscovici J, Repchinsky C, Meuser J. Big Data from the Push of Clinical Information: Harvesting User Feedback for Continuing Education. In 'Big Data and Health Analytics'. (2014) Taylor and Francis, New York.

 

Giguere A, Labrecque M, Haynes BR, Grad RM, Pluye P, Légaré F, Cauchon M, Greenway M, & Carmichael P-H (2014). Evidence summaries (decision boxes) to prepare clinicians for shared decision making with patients: a mixed methods implementation study. Implementation Science, 9:e144. DOI: 10.1186/s13012-014-0144-6; PMID: 25280742 [PubMed]

 

Ebell M, Grad RM. Top 20 Research Studies of 2013 for Primary Care Physicians. American Family Physician 2014;90(6):397-402.

 

Pluye P, Granikov V, Bartlett G, Grad RM et al. Development and content validation of the Information Assessment Method for patients and consumers. JMIR Res Protoc 2014;3(1):e7.

 

Grad RM, Pluye P, Repchinsky C, Jovaisas B, Ricarte I, Galvao C, Shulha M, Bonar J, Marlow B, Moscovici J. Physician assessments of the value of therapeutic information delivered via email. Canadian Family Physician 2014;60:e258-262.

 

Grad RM, Pluye P, Shulha M, Tang DL, Tu K, Goodman K, & Meuser J (2014). EBM, CME and the EMR. Evidence Based Medicine, 19(1):1-3. DOI: 10.1136/eb-2013-101231; PMID: 23468200 [PubMed]

 

Pluye P, Grad RM, Repchinsky C, Jovaisas B, Lewis D, Tang DL, Granikov V, Bonar J, Marlow B. ‘Better than best’ evidence? The Information Assessment Method can help information providers use family physicians’ feedback for 2-way knowledge translation. Canadian Family Physician 2014;60:415-417.

 

Pierre Pluye, Roland M Grad, Janique Johnson-Lafleur, Vera Granikov, Michael Shulha, Bernard Marlow, & Ivan Ricarte. The Number Needed to Benefit from Information (NNBI): Proposal from a mixed methods research study with practicing family physicians. Annals of Family Medicine 2013; 11(6):559-567

 

Bindiganavile Sridhar S, Pluye P, Grad RM. In Pursuit of a Valid Information Assessment Method for Continuing Education: A Mixed Methods Study. BMC Medical Education 2013; 13:137

 

Ebell M, Grad RM. Top 20 Research Studies of 2012 for Primary Care Physicians.Am Fam Physician 2013 Sep 15;88(6):380-386.

 

Galvao C, Ricarte I, Grad RM, Pluye P. The Clinical Relevance of Information Index (CRII): Assessing the relevance of health information to clinical practice. Health Information and Libraries Journal 2013;30:110-20.

 

Pluye P, Grad RM, Repchinsky C, Jovaisas B, Johnson-Lafleur J, Carrier ME, Granikov V, Farrell B, Rodriguez C, Bartlett G, Loiselle C & Légaré F. Four levels of outcomes of information-seeking: A mixed methods study in primary health care. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 2013;64(1):108-125.

 

Goodman K, Grad RM, Nowacki A, Hickner J. Impact of Knowledge Resources Linked to an Electronic Health Record on Frequency of Unnecessary Tests and Treatments. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2012;32(2):108-115.

 

Pluye P, Grad RM, Granikov V, Theriault G, Frémont P, Burnand B, Mercer J, Marlow B, Arroll B, Luconi F, Légaré F, Labrecque M, Ladouceur R, Bouthillier F, Bindiganavile Sridhar S & Moscovici J. Feasibility of a knowledge translation CME program: Courriels Cochrane. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions 2012;32(2);134-141.

 

Budzinski JW, Farrell B, Pluye P, Grad RM et al. An Online Knowledge Resource and Questionnaires as a Continuing Pharmacy Education Tool to Document Reflective Learning. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2012;76(5):Article 82.  

 

Grad RM, Pluye P, Vandal AC, Moscovici J, Marlow B, Shortt SED, Hill L, Bartlett G, & Goldstine I. Continuing Medical Education outcomes associated with e-mailed synopses of research-based clinical information: A research proposal. McGill Family Medicine Studies Online 2012;07:e06.

 

Ebell M, Grad RM. Top 20 Research Studies of 2011 for Primary Care Physicians. American Family Physician 2012;86(9):835-40.

 

Grad RM, Pluye P et al. Do Family Physicians Retrieve Synopses of Clinical Research Previously Read as Email Alerts? Journal of Medical Internet Research 2011;13(4): e101.

 

Pluye P, Grad RM, Shulha M et al. Using electronic knowledge resources for person centered medicine – I: An evaluation model. International Journal of Person Centered Medicine 2011;1(2);385-394

 

Pluye P, et al. Using electronic knowledge resources for person centered medicine - II: The Number Needed to Benefit from Information. The International Journal of Person Centred Medicine 2011;1(2): 395-404.

 

Grad RM, Pluye P, Granikov V et al. Physicians’ assessment of the value of clinical information: Operationalization of a theoretical model. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 2011;62(10):1884-1891.

 

Bindiganavile Sridhar S. (2010). In pursuit of a valid Information Assessment Method. McGill Family Medicine Studies Online 06:e01. http://mcgill-fammedstudies-recherchemedfam.pbwiki.com/MFMSO200904e01#. Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/5z5i6MGoH

 

Pluye P, Grad RM, Johnson-Lafleur J, Bambrick T, Burnand B, Mercer J, et al. Evaluation of email alerts in practice: Part 2 – validation of the Information Assessment Method (IAM). J Eval Clin Pract 2010;16(6):1236-43.

 

Pluye P, Grad RM, Granikov V, Jagosh J, Leung KH. Evaluation of email alerts in practice: Part 1 - review of the literature on Clinical Emailing Channels. J Eval Clin Pract 2010;16(6):1227-35.

DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.001301.x

 

Leung KH, Pluye P, Grad RM & Weston C. A reflective learning framework to evaluate CME effects on practice reflection. Journal of Continuing Education & the Health Professions 2010;30(2):78-88.

 

Grad RM, Pluye P,Granikov V, Johnson-Lafleur J. Many family physicians will not manually update PDA software: an observational study. Informatics in Primary Care 2009;17(4):225-30.

 

Pluye P, Grad RM, Repchinsky C, Farrell B, Johnson-Lafleur J, Bambrick T et al. (2009). IAM: A comprehensive and systematic information assessment method for electronic knowledge resources. In A. Dwivedi (ed.), Handbook of Research on IT Management and Clinical Data Administration in Healthcare (chapter XXXIII). Hershey: IGI Publishing

 

Wang R, Bartlett G, Grad RM, Pluye P. The Cognitive Impact of Research Synopses on Physicians. Informatics in Primary Care 2009;17(2);79-86.

 

Mysore N, Pluye P, Grad RM & Johnson-Lafleur J. Tensions associated with the use of electronic knowledge resources within clinical decision-making processes. International Journal of Medical Informatics 2009;78:321-329.

 

Grad RM, Pluye P, Mercer J, Marlow B, Beauchamp ME, Shulha M, Johnson-Lafleur J, Dauphinee SW. Impact of Research based Synopses Delivered as Daily email: A Prospective Observational Study. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2008;15(2):240-45.

 

Pluye P, Grad RM, Mysore N, Knaapen L, Johnson-Lafleur J & Dawes M. Systematically Assessing the Situational Relevance of Electronic Knowledge Resources: A Mixed Methods study. JAMIA 2007;14:616-25.

 

Pluye P, Grad RM, Dawes M & Bartlett JC. Seven reasons why family physicians search clinical information-retrieval technology: Toward an organizational model. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2007;13(1):39-49.

 

Grad RM, Pluye P, Hanley J, Marlow, B, Macaulay A & Dalkir K. Validation of a Method to Assess the Impact of Electronic Knowledge Resources on Clinicians. e-Service Journal 2007;5(2):e113. http://dx.doi.org/10.2979/ESJ.2007.5.2.113.

 

Pluye P & Grad R. Cognitive impact assessment of electronic knowledge resources: A mixed methods evaluation study of a handheld prototype. AMIA 2006 Symposium Proceedings: 634-638.

 

Pluye P, Grad RM, Dunikowski L & Stephenson R. The Impact of Clinical Information-Retrieval Technology on Physicians: A Literature Review of Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed-method Studies. International Journal of Medical Informatics 2005;74(9):745-768.

 

Pluye P, Grad RM, Stephenson R & Dunikowski L. A new impact assessment method to evaluate knowledge resources. AMIA 2005 Symposium Proceedings: 609-613.

 

Grad RM, Pluye P, Meng Y, Segal B & Tamblyn R. Assessing the impact of clinical information-retrieval technology in a Family Practice Residency. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2005;11(6):576-586.

 

Pluye P & Grad RM. How information retrieval technology may impact on physician practice: An organisational case study in family medicine. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 2004;10(3), 413-430. 

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