Point-of-Care Knowledge-Based Resource Needs of Clinicians: A Survey from a Large Academic Medical Center.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To better understand the literature searching preferences of clinical providers we conducted an institution-wide survey assessing the most preferred knowledge searching techniques.

Materials and methods

A survey regarding literature searching preferences was sent to 1862 unique clinical providers throughout Mayo Clinic. The survey consisted of 25 items asking respondents to select which clinical scenarios most often prompt literature searches as well as identify their most preferred knowledge resources.

Results

A total of 450 completed surveys were returned and analyzed (24% response rate). 48% of respondents perform literature searches for more than half of their patient interactions with 91% of all searches occurring either before or within 3 hours of the

SUBMITTER: Ellsworth MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4493332 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature