Fall Fashion Trend: CME Poetry

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Derek wrote a haiku, Scott wrote a limerick, so I wrote a sonnet. (Sorry, Bill.)


SONNET 18A

Shall I compare thee to the best NA?
Thou art more lovely, and more literate.
Rough gaps do gape in clinical practice today,
Our reference lists fall so quickly out of date.

Sometime too long-winded the writer doth blow,
And oft are grammar and spelling errors found;
Commercial bias and unfair balance mar the flow
Of flimsy evidence arrayed to support gaps unsound.

But thy eternal beauty shall not fade
Nor lose possession of nationwide best practices aggregated,
Thine outcomes data so impressively displayed
And thine educational needs so skillfully articulated.

    So long as fingers can write or eyes can see,
    So long should we share best practices in CME.



Poet's note: Our fifth annual survey of best practices for writing needs assessments remains open through 11:59 PM Friday, October 19.

Here's the link.