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Applicable to all levels of training, ACP’s clinical guidelines and recommendations provide unbiased, evidence-based material to support rational conclusions and recommendations. They meet the standards for development as set by the National Academy of Medicine and Guidelines International Network and provide a solid framework for teaching clinical reasoning. ACP guideline topics cover important topics relevant to internal medicine, including diabetes, pain management, and depression.

In 2024, ACP published its first visual clinical guideline where learners can access an interactive summary with data visualization of the clinical recommendations. Keep an eye out for this exciting new feature with future ACP guidelines.

ACP is the only U.S. organization designated as a GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) Center. GRADE is the gold standard for guideline development, and the designation recognizes ACP’s leadership and rigorous processes for developing clinical guidelines and recommendations.

TIPS FOR EDUCATORS

1. Use the ACP Clinical Guidelines mobile app to easily search and present ACP guidelines while teaching at the bedside or on rounds. Available on Apple and Android devices.
2. Many of our guidelines link to ACP’s related patient education materials to further your discussions about how to address ongoing care with patients.

This new Annals feature simplifies the discussion of core study design and statistical concepts in order to help learners engage more deeply with the research published in the journal. Designed by Annals editors and editorial fellows, each guide features a key Annals article.

TIPS FOR EDUCATORS

1. Use the thought-provoking questions in the included reading guide to spark discussion.
2. Answer keys and slide presentations make it easy to present clear explanations of study design and statistical methods and how they impact findings.
3. The materials are flexible, allowing you to tailor your journal club discussions by topic.

Along with In the Clinic and ACP Journal Club, Annals.org includes evidence-based content across the spectrum of internal medicine from a variety of Annals-branded resources applicable to all levels of training.

TIPS FOR EDUCATORS

1. Sign up to receive Annals for Educators e-alerts. This monthly e-alert can help reduce prep time by offering tips for using selected Annals articles in your teaching activities, including those on clinical topics as well as humanism and professionalism in medicine.
2. Engage your learners with Beyond the Guidelines. Each multimedia feature in the series includes patient interviews and debates by clinical experts to help work through clinical reasoning techniques. Questions are provided to challenge learners about real patient cases whose situations don’t fit traditional guidelines.
3. After watching an episode of Annals Consult Guys, our popular consultative medicine talk show, use the related key resources and multiple-choice questions in the classroom.
4. Host a journal club by presenting a patient on your service with a diagnosis related to a recent Annals article or systematic review; ask learners to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the study and whether the results apply to your patient.

This monthly feature of Annals of Internal Medicine offers a deeper dive into common clinical conditions. Each issue includes evidence-based answers to frequently asked questions about the condition and addresses the issue from screening to follow-up. More than 150 topics have been covered to date.

TIP FOR EDUCATORS

1. In addition to assigning learners In the Clinic as reading material, use the teaching points outlined in the Annals for Educators e-alerts to facilitate discussions during teaching sessions and rounds.