Homepages of German medical faculties--an overview.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The Internet represents a central communication medium for patients and physicians. Some national information is available regarding the design of physicians' homepages and patient requirements regarding homepages of physicians in private practice. To date, no data are available for homepages of medical faculties and their users' needs.

Methods

In 2008 the homepages of the 36 German medical faculties were analyzed according to a catalogue of 128 criteria assigned to five domains which had been developed from the literature. Structure, content and extent were compared.

Results

The homepages covered the criteria to a very different extent. The best homepage reached 80%, the worst only 26% of the achievable points. The mean was slightly above 50% . Faculties

SUBMITTER: Kuhnigk O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3420121 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature