the knowledge platform

staying current with uptodate: a 15-minute monthly ‘update triage’ routine

a lightweight routine for clinicians: turn ‘updates’ into a repeatable habit without doom-scrolling—built for busy rota life.

Most clinicians don’t need more content; they need better filtration. This routine is a repeatable approach to staying current using point-of-care resources without turning it into a second job.

The monthly routine (15 minutes)

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Step 1 — Pick 3 domains you actually touch weekly

Choose areas you repeatedly encounter. Relevance beats breadth.
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Step 2 — Pull updates/insights only for those domains

Avoid general feeds. If it’s not in your top 3 domains, it doesn’t exist this month.
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Step 3 — Triage into: ‘actionable now’ vs ‘nice to know’

Actionable means it changes your workflow, decision structure, or safety checks. Everything else is optional.
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Step 4 — Convert ‘actionable now’ into one habit change

One change per month compounds. Ten changes per month collapses.
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Step 5 — Capture a one-line reflection (optional)

If you want CPD evidence: ‘What changed, and how will I apply it?’ Keep it minimal.
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Step 6 — Share one insight with a colleague

If you’re in a team, one high-quality share beats silent consumption.
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Step 7 — Cull your saved list

Delete what you didn’t use. Keep the tool lean.

The compound effect

If you improve your workflow by 1% per month, you become meaningfully faster and safer over a year—without feeling ‘busy’ doing it.
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References

Wolters Kluwer: UpToDate Point of Care Report (usage insights / trends)
Wolters Kluwer: UpToDate clinical decision support overview