Inside AFP

Some Questions for Readers

Janis Wright

Our recent travels to the 2003 AAFP Annual Scientific Assembly in New Orleans gave us an opportunity to talk to many of our readers. As I mentioned in a previous column, we spent some time talking to readers at the publications division booth on the exhibit hall floor and administered a short written survey. Other readers participated in focus groups and tested new versions of the AFP Web site. We came away with some useful information, and we will be basing improvements on this input. In recent weeks, readers who use AFP online have been asked to answer a survey. This feedback will help us tailor enhancements in the AFP Web site that will unroll in the early part of next year.

Those of you who were unable to attend this year's assembly are invited to offer your input as well. Please take a minute to answer the following survey and mail or fax your results to me (11400 Tomahawk Cr. Pkwy., Leawood, KS 66211-2672; fax: 913-906-6080).

1. Which AFP features do you read regularly? (Check all that apply):

	Clinical Articles			USPSTF: Recommendations and Rationale
	Table of Contents			Cochrane for Clinicians
	Inside AFP			Photo Quiz
	Newsletters			POEMs
	Clinical Quiz			Tips from other Journals
	Letters to the Editor			Point-of-Care Guides
	Quantum Sufficit			Practice Guidelines
	Graham Center One-Pager			Medicine and Society
	Editorials			Clinical Briefs
	CME Calendar			Patient Information Collections
	Diary from a Week in Practice
	Clinical Evidence Concise
	Putting Prevention into Practice

2. How would you compare Tips and POEMs?

	Prefer Tips over POEMs			Like both formats equally
	Prefer POEMs over Tips			Don't like either format

3. What is the reason for your answer to question 2?

4. How often do you use the levels of evidence ratings in AFP articles when deciding on patient treatment (see page 1692)?

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

5. Which of the following AFP-related products would you like?

	Booklet of patient information handouts
	AFP articles on audiotape or CD for commuters
	Algorithms on PDA
	Booklet of patient encounter forms
	Online board study guide organized by topic

6. What other products or services related to AFP would you like?

7. If you have visited AFP online, what did you think of it (applicability, ease of use, appearance, etc.)?

8. What would you do to improve AFP's Web site?

9. What else can we do to improve AFP, either in print or online?