McLauchlan G J, Cadogan M, Oliver C W
Edinburgh Orthopaedic Trauma Unit, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
J R Coll Surg Edinb. 1999 Feb;44(1):36-9.
Medical electronic mailing lists have grown rapidly with the evolution of the Internet. The purpose of this paper was to assess the content and academic quality and of an electronic mail discussion list "Orthopod" dedicated to research in orthopaedic and trauma surgery. A retrospective analysis was undertaken of four months of web-based archive of communication through the Orthopod mailing list http:(/)/www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/Orthopod. At the end of this study period there were 505 members of the Orthopod list. The main outcome measures of this paper were number of messages, type of messages, number of contributors, designation of contributor and number of topics referenced. On average 276 messages were posted each month. The mean number of messages per contributor per month only varied between 2.3 and 2.5. On average 54% of message threads contained at least one reference. At least 77% of the patient history and general threads had input from senior orthopaedic staff. The quantity of information on the Internet need not be a substitute for quality in orthopaedic and trauma surgery mailing lists. The Orthopod Electronic mail discussion list is another medium for the circulation of good quality surgical information. Orthopod provides a unique international electronic forum list for trauma and orthopaedic surgeons worldwide.
随着互联网的发展，医学电子邮件列表迅速增加。本文旨在评估一个致力于骨科与创伤外科研究的电子邮件讨论列表“Orthopod”的内容和学术质量。通过Orthopod邮件列表http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/Orthopod，对四个月的基于网络的通信存档进行了回顾性分析。在本研究期结束时，Orthopod列表有505名成员。本文的主要观察指标为消息数量、消息类型、贡献者数量、贡献者职称以及所引用主题的数量。平均每月发布276条消息。每位贡献者每月的平均消息数量仅在2.3至2.5之间变化。平均54%的消息线程至少包含一个参考文献。至少77%的患者病史和一般主题线程有资深骨科工作人员参与。互联网上的信息量不一定能替代骨科与创伤外科邮件列表中的质量。Orthopod电子邮件讨论列表是传播高质量外科信息的另一种媒介。Orthopod为全球创伤和骨科外科医生提供了一个独特的国际电子论坛列表。
