Prescribing Aid Evaluation

Title: _______________________________

Organization: ________________________

Summary Descriptive Information

Category of Prescribing Aid (Risk Calculator, Drug/Disease Reference or Case Study)

Length #_____ Pages

Presence of branding (organization logo)

Colour Usage: Black/White, Partial Colour, Full Colour

Key information delivered by the Prescribing Aid

Evaluative Information

Readability

The evaluation/commentary of the document’s readability will consider the following:

• the appropriate division of text into readable “chunks”
• the use of appropriate column widths
• appropriate text justification and use of hyphenation
• the consistent use of colour and highlighting
• general editorial consistency

Decision Support

The evaluation/commentary of the decision support of the document will consider the following:

• the provision of therapeutic information
• the provision of comparative economic information
• whether the document is referenced
• whether the document provides a mechanism for storage and retrieval

Impact

The evaluation/commentary of the impact of the document will consider the following:

• presence and highlighting of key messages
• presence of prescribing behavior targets

Strengths

Highlight of general positive features of the document.

Weaknesses

Highlight of general negative features of the document.