Bennett Nancy L, Casebeer Linda L, Kristofco Robert E, Strasser Sheryl M
Department of Continuing Education, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2004 Winter;24(1):31-8. doi: 10.1002/chp.1340240106.
Our understanding about the role of the Internet as a resource for physicians has improved in the past several years with reports of patterns for use and measures of impact on medical practice. The purpose of this study was to begin to shape a theory base for more fully describing physicians' information-seeking behaviors as they apply to Internet use and applications for continuing education providers to more effectively support learning.
A survey about Internet use and physician information seeking was administered by facsimile transmission to a random sample of 3,347 physicians.
Almost all physicians have access to the Internet, and most believe it is important for patient care. The most frequent use is in accessing the latest research on specific topics, new information in a disease area, and information related to a specific patient problem. Critical to seeking clinical information is the credibility of the source, followed by relevance, unlimited access, speed, and ease of use. Electronic media are viewed as increasingly important sources for clinical information, with decreased use of journals and local continuing medical education (CME). Barriers to finding needed information include too much information, lack of specific information, and navigation or searching difficulties.
The Internet has become an important force in how physicians deliver care. Understanding more about physician information-seeking needs, behaviors, and uses is critical to CME providers to support a self-directed curriculum for each physician. A shift to increased use of electronic CME options points to new demands for users and providers. Specific information about how physicians create a question and search for resources is an area that requires providers to develop new skills.
在过去几年中，随着关于互联网使用模式及其对医疗实践影响的测量报告的出现，我们对互联网作为医生资源的作用的理解有所提高。本研究的目的是开始构建一个理论基础，以便更全面地描述医生在互联网使用方面的信息寻求行为，以及继续教育提供者如何更有效地支持学习。
通过传真向3347名医生的随机样本进行了一项关于互联网使用和医生信息寻求的调查。
几乎所有医生都能访问互联网，并且大多数人认为互联网对患者护理很重要。最常见的用途是获取特定主题的最新研究、疾病领域的新信息以及与特定患者问题相关的信息。寻求临床信息的关键在于信息来源的可信度，其次是相关性、无限制访问、速度和易用性。电子媒体被视为临床信息的越来越重要的来源，而期刊和当地继续医学教育（CME）的使用则有所减少。寻找所需信息的障碍包括信息过多、缺乏特定信息以及导航或搜索困难。
互联网已成为医生提供护理方式中的一股重要力量。对于继续医学教育提供者来说，更多地了解医生的信息寻求需求、行为和用途对于支持为每位医生量身定制的自我指导课程至关重要。向更多使用电子继续医学教育选项的转变对用户和提供者提出了新的要求。关于医生如何提出问题并搜索资源的具体信息是一个需要提供者发展新技能的领域。
