Exploring the Information Sources Consulted by Doctors at the Point of Care in Four Selected South African Referral Hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To provide an understanding of the clinical information sources consulted by teaching or referral hospital-based doctors in four South African provinces.

Methods

A quantitative cross-sectional survey design was used. To identify provinces, hospitals, and participants, simple random sampling was adopted. This study targeted a total of 276 doctors from all the four hospitals working across different departments within the hospitals. This study was conducted in four selected South African public referral/teaching hospitals in four different provinces, namely Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital in the Eastern Cape province; Witbank Hospital in Mpumalanga province; Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Hospital in Northern Cape province and lastly, Pietersburg Hospital in Limpopo prov

SUBMITTER: Chitha N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10778943 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature