It has been an exciting year at Geriatrics & Aging, with the formation of new alliances and major changes to the publication, including the move to a journal size format and the new indexing on the AgeLine database.
Last year, we conducted our first ever readership survey to determine how you felt about the quality and content of the publication. Thanks to last year's respondents, we were able to make big improvements to the publication for the current year.
This year, we asked how you felt about the changes that have been made. I am happy to report that the feedback was very positive, with many people particularly pleased with the change to a more 'user-friendly' journal size format. We were also excited to see that the majority of respondents regularly use our publication for making clinical decisions and consider the quality of the content as Very Good or Excellent. Feedback like this makes our jobs that much easier!
However, we were disappointed to find out that many of you were not aware that all of our clinical content is available on our website at www.geriatricsandaging.ca. Articles are indexed by topic, author and keyword, and content goes back to our first year of publication. We have also recently added a new Message Boards section, where visitors can ask questions, or participate in discussions. Drop by the site and take a look!
As promised, all respondents to the survey were entered into a draw for prizes and the winners have been selected. Insert drum-roll here please! The lucky Grand-prize winner of $1000 for the 2002 Geriatrics & Aging Reader's Survey is Dr. Roger Bunn, of Brampton, Ontario. Dr. Bunn's administrative professional Irene Theodoropolous will also walk away with $100. In close second is Dr. Jeff Tschirhart of Simcoe, Ontario, who wins $500, with $100 in prize money going to Vicki McKnight. Last, but certainly not least, is Dr. Christena Côté of Halifax, Nova Scotia and her administrative professional Marilyn Healey, who win $200 and $100, respectively. Congratulations to all of our winners!
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who participated in the readership survey. We also encourage you to contact us on a regular basis with any comments or suggestions you may have. To those of you who responded but didn't win
don't despair, you'll have another shot at the big money next year!
