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An Analysis of Physicians' Online Information Search Process at the Point of Care
Abstract
This study aims to analyze physicians’ online information search process to solve the clinical questions at the point of care. To achieve this purpose, ten university hospital-based physicians participated in-depth interviews and observation studies. Based on Wilson’s problem solving process, this study analyzed the characteristics of each information search stage and efficiency of online searching. The results showed that participants tend to relatively immediately formulate their clinical questions. However, basic searching strategies were only used and a few preferred information sources were chosen. However, average satisfaction degree of online searching appeared high with 5.7 (7 Likert-scale) and problem-solving index increased after searching. As physicians are likely to use well organized and evidenced-based credible information easily, it implies the needs for an integrated search system within the electronic medical record (EMR). In addition, as other online resources’ awareness is lower comparing Google and PubMed, active promotions and training of other resources are needed.
- keywords
- 의사, 문제해결, 임상질문, 정보검색과정, 정보검색, 정보탐색, 임상정보원, 데이터베이스, physician, clinician, problem solving, clinical questions, information search process, information seeking, clinical information resources, database
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