Welch Thomas R
Department of Pediatrics, State University of New York, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA.
J Pediatr. 2007 Jul;151(1):96-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.03.045.
Internet-based bulletin boards have become one method by which physicians access patient management advice from colleagues. The reliability of this advice has never been examined. "PEDNEPH," a bulletin board/discussion group for pediatric nephrologists was studied over a 6-month period. One hundred thirteen responses were provided to 50 questions by 56 respondents. Thirty-one (27%) of these 113 responses were provided by respondents with a recent peer-reviewed publication pertinent to the question posted. The 8 most frequent providers of advice on this bulletin board included only 3 with current board certification in pediatric nephrology. These individuals had a wide range of citation frequencies; the most frequent provider of information had no indexed publications or citations. Participation as a respondent in this bulletin board does not ensure that an individual has formal qualification.
基于互联网的公告栏已成为医生从同行获取患者管理建议的一种方式。但这种建议的可靠性从未得到过检验。我们对一个针对儿科肾病学家的公告栏/讨论组“PEDNEPH”进行了为期6个月的研究。56名受访者针对50个问题给出了113条回复。这113条回复中，有31条（27%）是由近期发表过与所提问题相关的同行评议文章的受访者提供的。在这个公告栏上提供建议最频繁的8个人中，只有3人拥有当前的儿科肾病学委员会认证。这些人的被引用频率差异很大；提供信息最频繁的那个人没有索引出版物或引用记录。作为受访者参与这个公告栏并不能确保个人具备正式资质。
