MEDICAL INFORMATION SOURCES USED BY SPECIALISTS AND RESIDENTS IN MASHHAD, IRAN

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SARBAZ MASOUMEH; NADERI HAMIDREZA; AELAMI MOHAMMAD HASSAN; ESLAMI SAEID

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Journal: Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Year:2018 | Volume:20 | Issue:S1 Page(s): 0-0

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MEDICAL INFORMATION SOURCES USED BY SPECIALISTS AND RESIDENTS IN MASHHAD, IRAN

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SARBAZ MASOUMEH | NADERI HAMIDREZA | AELAMI MOHAMMAD HASSAN | ESLAMI SAEID | Issue Writer Certificate

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INFORMATION SOURCES

PHYSICIANS

INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR

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Background: PHYSICIANS continually need to update their knowledge to ensure appropriate decision making about patient care.Objectives: We aimed to identify and compare INFORMATION SOURCES used by specialists and residents, their reasons for choosing these sources, and the level of their confidence in these sources.Materials and Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study among specialists and residents using a validated questionnaire in the five academic hospitals affiliated with Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (in northeast Iran). We compared the specialists with residents in term of gender, age, years since graduation, use of INFORMATION SOURCES, confidence in use of INFORMATION SOURCES, and reasons for selecting the INFORMATION SOURCES. Within each group, we also investigated the effect of work experience and gender on frequently used INFORMATION SOURCES and users’ confidence in them.Results: The questionnairewassent to 315 PHYSICIANS, including 155 specialistsand160 residents. Onehundredtwenty-six specialists (response rate: 81 %) and 126 residents (response rate: 79%) completed it. The most frequently mentioned sources by all specialists included “English textbooks” (84.9%), “web/internet” (74.6%), “English medical journals” (62.3 %), and “discussions with colleagues” (57%). Among residents, “web/internet” (65.9%), “discussion with colleagues” (61.3%), and “Persian textbooks” (50.4%) were the most frequently used sources of information. In both groups, high confidencewasdemonstrated in “English textbooks, ” “English medical journals, ” and “international instructions/guidelines.” Both groups counted reliability, easy accessibility, and being up to date as their primary reasons for the selection of their INFORMATION SOURCES. There was also a significantly negative correlation between using the internet as an information source and age in specialists (Spearman’s rho=- 0.238, p=0.01), but not in residents.Conclusions: Reliability, easy accessibility, and beingupto date should be considered in establishing INFORMATION SOURCES for PHYSICIANS.

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SARBAZ, MASOUMEH, NADERI, HAMIDREZA, AELAMI, MOHAMMAD HASSAN, & ESLAMI, SAEID. (2018). MEDICAL INFORMATION SOURCES USED BY SPECIALISTS AND RESIDENTS IN MASHHAD, IRAN. IRANIAN RED CRESCENT MEDICAL JOURNAL (IRCMJ), 20(S1), 0-0. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/293668/en

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SARBAZ MASOUMEH, NADERI HAMIDREZA, AELAMI MOHAMMAD HASSAN, ESLAMI SAEID. MEDICAL INFORMATION SOURCES USED BY SPECIALISTS AND RESIDENTS IN MASHHAD, IRAN. IRANIAN RED CRESCENT MEDICAL JOURNAL (IRCMJ)[Internet]. 2018;20(S1):0-0. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/293668/en

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MASOUMEH SARBAZ, HAMIDREZA NADERI, MOHAMMAD HASSAN AELAMI, and SAEID ESLAMI, “MEDICAL INFORMATION SOURCES USED BY SPECIALISTS AND RESIDENTS IN MASHHAD, IRAN,” IRANIAN RED CRESCENT MEDICAL JOURNAL (IRCMJ), vol. 20, no. S1, pp. 0–0, 2018, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/293668/en

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