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GUIDELINES – KEEPING CURRENT
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Time to Learn About Clinical Practice Guidelines
• Nearly half of the clinicians reported that it takes them 3+ months to find out
about newly updated or published clinical guidelines.
• Nearly a quarter of participating clinicians state that it takes them 6+ months to
discover new or updated guidelines.
• 1 in 10 of clinicians stated that they simply were not able to keep up with all
relevant guidelines.
• Clinicians aged 40 years and younger were more confident than those above
40 in their ability to keep up with new and newly updated guidelines.
