Journal article
Characteristics of information resources preferred by primary care physicians
Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, v 85(2), pp 187-192
Apr 1997
PMID: 9160156
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Abstract
Primary care physicians use patient data, medical knowledge, logistic information, and population statistics. They rely on their personal knowledge to care for their patients, their top priority. When they seek information beyond this personal knowledge base, they frequently want information in the context of the care of a specific patient. They also continually add to their personal knowledge base. Less frequently, they seek logistic information and population statistics. For patient-specific questions, physicians most often seek medical facts or medical opinions. A physician may be persistent in seeking information if the patient's problem is perceived to be urgent and the doctor believes a definitive answer exists. Information resources for answering clinical questions should be readily available, familiar, and quick to use. Lifelong learning activities should also be readily available, and they should require a minimum of time, effort, and expense. Minimal cost in time and effort is particularly important when knowledge is sought as a part of ongoing medical learning, since there is less immediate benefit to balance the time and effort invested in information seeking.
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- Title
- Characteristics of information resources preferred by primary care physicians
- Creators
- M L Thompson - Institute for Academic Informatics, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102-1192, USAMarla A Thompson - College of Engineering (1970-)
- Publication Details
- Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, v 85(2), pp 187-192
- Grant note
- F38 LM00027 / NLM NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1997WZ84000009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0031112693
- Other Identifier
- 991019169691104721
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