Information resource preferences by general pediatricians in office settings: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Information needs and resource preferences of office-based general pediatricians have not been well characterized.

Methods

Data collected from a sample of twenty office-based urban/suburban general pediatricians consisted of: (a) a demographic survey about participants' practice and computer use, (b) semi-structured interviews on their use of different types of information resources and (c) semi-structured interviews on perceptions of information needs and resource preferences in response to clinical vignettes representing cases in Genetics and Infectious Diseases. Content analysis of interviews provided participants' perceived use of resources and their perceived questions and preferred resources in response to vignettes.

Results

Participants' average time

SUBMITTER: Kim GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1266372 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature