How Do Orthopedic Surgeons Stay Up-to-Date With the Literature? A Survey.

ABSTRACT: Background: With the rise of social media and other web-based platforms, there has been a shift in how medical research findings are disseminated. Questions/Purposes: We sought to investigate how often orthopedic surgeons use different knowledge-seeking methods and how confident they were in their ability to stay up-to-date. Methods: We distributed a 23-question survey to 120 orthopedic surgeons employed at a single tertiary-care metropolitan orthopedic hospital. The survey collected the surgeons' use of reference managers, RSS feeds, and preferred methods of staying up-to-date. Respondents were asked to report the number of hours they spent staying up-to-date per week and their success with keeping up with orthopedic specialty literature. Results: A total of 85

SUBMITTER: Gross PW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10090839 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature