Serendipitous discovery: Learning through the review of research

Researching a clinical question provides a unique opportunity to further one ’ s knowledge base while having a tangible impact on patient outcomes. Searching for an answer identi fi es articles related to your clinical query but can lead to unintended or serendipitous learning. Articles included in IJPM 57(3) are diverse in topic and scope. Diverse topics and types of research offer unique learning opportunities, which mirror the process of researching a clinical question for a patient. Our current edition impacts younger and older patients, conditions with an extensive body of literature and those with newly discovered associations, and psychiatric conditions associated with medication use and those with no drug treatment. This edition offers a unique opportunity to learn things you ’ ve never heard about and increase your capacity to grow from a diverse body of literature. 2 process of searching for a speci fi c answer a question or reading through a medical journal provides many of these conditions as one signals their to learn information and presented ’