Increasing state public health professionals' proficiency in using PubMed.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The paper provides an overview of a strategy to increase utilization of online bibliographic databases by public health workers.

Methods

A web-based survey of professional staff in the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services was conducted to assess their use of and interest in training in online bibliographic databases. Based on the findings from the assessment, the department, in collaboration with the state university, provided brief ninety-minute training sessions for interested staff on the use of PubMed.

Results

Seventy of 115 (61%) of staff completed the survey. Only 39% of staff reported using an online bibliographic database to conduct a literature search in the past year, and only 10% (n=7) reported having ever received any training i

SUBMITTER: Harwell TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2268229 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature