Trial name or title	Quick Clinical study: a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of an online evidence retrieval system on decision-making in general practice
Methods	Randomized controlled parallel design
Participants	200 general practitioners in Australia
Interventions	Participants are randomized to receive access to QC in their practice for 12 months.
Outcomes	The primary end-points for the study is clinician acceptance and use of QC and the resulting change in decision-making behavior
Starting date	Recruitment commenced in October 2004, 203 GPs volunteered to participate in the study and the trial formally commenced in May 2005.
Contact information	Enrico Coiera: e.coiera@unsw.edu.au
Notes	The RCT will examine prescribing patterns related to frequently prescribed medications where there has been a recent significant shift in recommendations regarding their use based upon new evidence