2010 Grant Awards

The posters and papers listed below each grant arise from work facilitated through the grant funding.

A Randomized Trial of Physician Education and Feedback from Practice Audits in Seronegative Arthritis to Close the Care Gap

Principal Investigator: Pope, J.
Co-investigator: Thorne, C.

Project Summary

The purpose of this study was to determine if education and chart audits with feedback could change the behaviour of practicing rheumatologists for the systematic measurements and possibly treatment changes in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA). There were some more measurements in PsA but SpA measurements did not increase, possibly due to the lack of face validity of changes over time for several of the physical examination measurements performed in SpA.

Poster Presentations

Presented at the 2015 Canadian Rheumatology Association meeting.

• Educating Rheumatologists May Lead to Measuring More Disease Parameters and Treating to a Target in Psoriatic Arthritis and Spondyloarthropathy. Results from the Metrix II Study (PDF)

Presented at the 2017 Canadian Rheumatology Association meeting and recognized by the CRA Optimal Care Committee for Quality Improvements and Choosing Wisely.

• A Needs-Based Rheumatologist Education Program on Treating to Target in Psoriatic Arthritis and Spondylarthropathy: Insights, Challenges, and Future Directions (PDF)

Published Literature

• Janet Pope, Linda Wang, Paul Tingey, Angela Montgomery, Art Karasik, Pauline Boulos, Vandana Ahluwalia, Maggie Larche, Sara Haig, Nikhil, Chopra, Gina Rohekar, Sherry Rohekar,  A Needs-Based Rheumatologist Education Program on Treating to Target in Psoriatic Arthritis and Spondyloarthropathy: Insights and Challenges (PDF), Open Journal of Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases (2017)