Overview of the McMaster process to provide citations for PIER


Research associates hand search
> 100 journals

By email

 

 

 



A methods filter is applied to each article

  

Retrieved articles that match PIER topics are made available in 2 forms

 

Articles that meet the methods criteria are sent to clinicians, who rate each article for
clinical interest and newsworthiness
on a scale of 1 to 7 (high)


Articles with acceptable ratings (mean score 3 or greater) are entered into a database that is searched regularly.