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Health Sciences Library Closings; A Context Sensitive Pilot Study.
Authors: Schwartz DG, Elkin PL Abstract A significant number of U.S. health sciences libraries have closed since the mid-1990's. A pilot study was conducted with academic physicians to understand the impact of closing the health sciences library in the teaching hospital with which they were affiliated. A brief survey was designed and distributed to fourteen faculty members with thirteen useable responses received. The study elicited a context-sensitive perspective on the closing of the library with the most noteworthy outcome being the additional time required by attending physicians and trainees to perform the wor...
Source: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - August 17, 2017 Category: Information Technology Tags: Stud Health Technol Inform Source Type: research

Physicians' Use of Online Clinical Evidence in Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
This study aims to evaluate online information seeking behavior of physicians of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences on the use of online clinical evidence. A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study was carried out between November and December 2014 in the five academic hospitals. A total of 252 physicians completed the questionnaire. The majority of physicians (63.6 of specialists and 58.5% of residents) had no internet access in their consultation and visit rooms. The majority of physicians (77.8% of specialists and 80% of residents) respectively used Google, as well as 67.5% specialists and 52.2% residents always ...
Source: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics - May 18, 2017 Category: Information Technology Tags: Stud Health Technol Inform Source Type: research