Internet use for information seeking in clinical practice: A cross-sectional survey among French general practitioners

Use and perceptions of information among family physicians: sources considered accessible, relevant, and reliable

“…The proportion of FPs who reported using their favorite Internet website to make specific clinical decisions (37%) and update their general medical knowledge (49%) is in the low end of the range indicated in previous studies of physicians' use of the Internet to search for medical information prompted by a specific patient problem (34%) [10], ''look for clinical information'' (49%) [27], ''find medical information'' (80%) [26], and ''seek information in clinical practice'' (85%) [28]. The present study indicates that FPs' favorite Internet website ranked 6th and lower on reliability, relevance, physical accessibility, and intellectual accessibility, while medical journals and textbooks ranked in the top 5 on all 4 attributes.…”

“…Indeed, recent research suggests that physicians' use of computer-based versions of traditionally text-based sources (e.g., online journals, databases such as MEDLINE, and evidence-based medicine resources such as UpToDate) is becoming more commonplace [5,9,29]. Studies have identified more time [28,29,30], easy access to electronic resources [29,30], summarized and reliable information [28], simplified information-seeking capabilities [28], and websites with relevant information for clinical practice or useful links [28,30] as facilitators of online information use.…”

Information seeking and retrieval skills of nurses: Nurses readiness for evidence based practice in hospitals of a medical university in Iran

“…in electronic journals and books). The low use of these resources can be related to clinicians conditions (disagreement regarding the importance of EBP in nursing practice [15] poor literature searching skills, lack of knowledge about the existence of such resources [19,25] [26], cultural resistance to change [27], negative attitudes toward EBP [3], lack of time and language barriers [26]); organization conditions (limited accessibility to these resources [15]); and information conditions (inherited difficulty of information seeking using electronic databases and the complexity of retrieved literature [19,25], information overload, information quality concerns [26] and mistrust in available information [28]). The results of this study showed that most nurses were not adept at advanced searching techniques.…”

Exploring the Online Satisfaction Gap of Medical Doctors: An Expectation-Confirmation Investigation of Information Needs

“…Personal barriers (i.e., computer illiteracy, lack of time, and difficulty in searching or comprehending information in a language other than the native one of the user) are important reasons that diminish Internet use [8]. Likewise, the quality of online information (i.e., information credibility, accuracy, and timeliness) plays an important role in the selection of digital sources.…”