Information-Seeking Behaviors of Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Web-Based Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical students face an information-rich environment in which retrieval and appraisal strategies are increasingly important.

Objective

To describe medical students' current pattern of health information resource use and characterize their experience of instruction on information search and appraisal.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional web-based survey of students registered in the four-year MD Program at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Saint John, New Brunswick, sites), Canada. We collected self-reported data on information-seeking behavior, instruction, and evaluation of resources in the context of their medical education. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.

Results

Surveys were returned by 213 of 462 eligible stude

SUBMITTER: O'Carroll AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5041342 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature