Short M W
University of Washington, School of Medicine, A-300 Health Sciences Center, Seattle 98195-6340, USA.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1999 Apr;87(2):206-10.
A survey of 131 eastern Washington rural family physicians showed that 59.5% owned a personal computer with a CD-ROM drive. There was an inverse correlation between the physicians' years in practice and computer ownership: 10 years or less (80.6%), 11 to 20 years (72.2%), 21 to 30 years (55.6%), and more than 30 years (32.4%). Those physicians who owned a computer used their CD-ROM for entertainment (52.6%), medical textbooks (44.9%), literature searching software (25.6%), drug information (17.9%), continuing medical education (15.4%), and journals on CD-ROM (11.5%). Many rural doctors who owned computers felt that CD-ROM software helped them provide better patient care (46.8%) and kept them current on new information and techniques (48.4%). Indications for medical education, libraries and CD-ROM publishers are noted.
对华盛顿州东部131名乡村家庭医生的一项调查显示,59.5%的医生拥有一台带有光盘驱动器的个人电脑。医生的执业年限与电脑拥有率呈负相关:执业10年或更短时间的医生中这一比例为80.6%,11至20年的为72.2%,21至30年的为55.6%,30年以上的为32.4%。那些拥有电脑的医生将光盘用于娱乐(52.6%)、医学教科书(44.9%)、文献检索软件(25.6%)、药物信息(17.9%)、继续医学教育(15.4%)以及光盘版期刊(11.5%)。许多拥有电脑的乡村医生认为光盘软件有助于他们提供更好的患者护理(46.8%),并使他们了解最新的信息和技术(48.4%)。文中指出了医学教育、图书馆及光盘出版商的发展方向。