Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Centre for Kidney Research, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 Oct 8;13(10):1587-1597. doi: 10.2215/CJN.01760218. Epub 2018 Aug 24.
The digital era has seen rapid changes in how information is consumed. Traditional dissemination of scholarly work through biomedical journals may not be optimally tailored to the preferences of younger clinicians and researchers. We aimed to describe the perspectives of young clinicians and researchers in kidney disease on consuming scientific information. Three focus groups were conducted during the 2017 American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week with a total of 29 nephrologists and researchers (ages 40 years old and younger) purposively sampled through our networks and the American Society of Nephrology registration database. Data were analyzed thematically. Of the 72 participants invited, 29 participated from 28 centers across 13 countries. Five themes were identified: capturing and retaining attention (with subthemes of triggering interest, optimizing readability, and navigation to sustain motivation); having discernible relevance (resonating with clinical and research interests, supporting professional development, action-oriented and readily applicable, able to disseminate, contextualizing the study, and filtering out informational noise); immediacy and efficiency in processing information (requiring instantaneous and easy access, enabling rapid understanding, and facilitating comprehension of complex concepts); trusting legitimate and credible sources (authoritative indicator of importance and quality, reputable experts broadening perspective, certainty and confidence with collegial input, accurate framing and translation of the message, ascertaining methodologic detail and nuances, and integrating the patient perspective); and social dialoguing and debate. Immediate and digitally optimized access motivated young kidney professionals to consume scientific information. Mechanisms that enable them to distil relevant and new evidence, appraise and apply information to clinical practice and research, disseminate studies to colleagues, and engage in discussion and debate may enhance their comprehension, confidence, interpretation, and use of scientific literature.
数字时代见证了信息消费方式的快速变化。传统的通过生物医学期刊传播学术著作的方式，可能无法完全满足年轻临床医生和研究人员的偏好。我们旨在描述年轻的肾脏病临床医生和研究人员在获取科学信息方面的看法。在 2017 年美国肾脏病学会肾脏病周期间，我们通过我们的网络和美国肾脏病学会注册数据库有针对性地选择了 29 名肾病学家和研究人员（年龄在 40 岁及以下），共进行了 3 次焦点小组讨论。对数据进行了主题分析。在邀请的 72 名参与者中，有 29 名来自 13 个国家的 28 个中心。确定了 5 个主题：吸引和保持注意力（触发兴趣、优化可读性和导航以保持动机等子主题）；具有明显相关性（与临床和研究兴趣共鸣、支持专业发展、面向行动且易于应用、能够传播、将研究置于上下文中、以及过滤掉信息噪音）；信息处理的即时性和效率（需要即时和方便的访问、能够快速理解、以及有助于理解复杂概念）；信任合法和可信的来源（权威性指标的重要性和质量、权威专家拓宽视角、同事的意见带来的确定性和信心、准确的框架和信息翻译、确定方法学细节和细微差别、以及整合患者视角）；以及社会对话和辩论。即时和数字化优化的访问激发了年轻的肾脏病专业人员获取科学信息的兴趣。使他们能够提炼相关和新证据、评估和将信息应用于临床实践和研究、向同事传播研究以及参与讨论和辩论的机制，可以增强他们对科学文献的理解、信心、解释和使用。
