Medical Information Sources Used by Specialists and Residents in Mashhad, Iran

Breast cancer patients' information needs and information-seeking behavior in a developing country

“…Information source selection depends on success in accessing the desired information in the fastest and most appropriate way [19,20].…”

Personal, technical and organisational factors affect whether physicians seek answers to clinical questions during patient care: a literature review

“…Analysis of studies disclosed 26 themes about facilitators in physicians' information‐seeking behaviour. The most frequently mentioned facilitators ( n = 5) were the ‘ease of searching and finding the required information’ (Bellman, Havens, Bertolucci, & Streeter, 2005; Bernard et al, 2012; King et al, 2019; Sarbaz, Naderi, Aelami, & Eslami, 2018; Shabi, Shabi, Akewukereke, & Udofia, 2011) and ‘closeness to Internet facility and access during the consultation’ (Almazrou, Ali, Al‐Abdulkarim, Albalawi, & Alzhrani, 2019; Bennett, Case beer, Zheng, & Kristofco, 2006; Bernard et al, 2012; Sarbaz et al, 2018; Shabi et al, 2011). Other mentioned themes ( n = 4) were ‘increased awareness of resources by training’ (Almazrou et al, 2019; Bellman et al, 2005; Bernard et al, 2012; Heponiemi et al, 2019).…”

“…Other mentioned themes ( n = 4) were ‘increased awareness of resources by training’ (Almazrou et al, 2019; Bellman et al, 2005; Bernard et al, 2012; Heponiemi et al, 2019). Other facilitators ( n = 3) were ‘navigation support’ (Bernard et al, 2012; Heale et al, 2017; Rahmner et al, 2012), ‘more relevant and reliable information for clinical practice’ (Bellman et al, 2005; Bernard et al, 2012; Sarbaz et al, 2018), ‘reduced Financial cost’ (Bernard et al, 2012; Sarbaz et al, 2018; Shabi et al, 2011) and ‘smart features linked to the HER’ (Cook et al, 2018; King et al, 2019; Rahmner et al, 2012). Reoccurring themes (factors) include ‘summarised and analysed evidence‐based materials’ (Bernard et al, 2012; Shabi et al, 2011), ‘ready access to electronic resources’ (Cook et al, 2013; Heale et al, 2017), ‘utilisation of Internet and information searching skills’ (Norbert & Lwoga, 2013; Shabi et al, 2011), ‘knowing preferred sites or textbooks’ (Bennett et al, 2006; Norbert & Lwoga, 2013), ‘being in the teaching environment’ (Bellman et al, 2005; Kahouei, Alaei, Panahi, & Zadeh, 2015).…”

“…Personal factors refer to those related to the physicians themselves, including time, learned skills, personal interests. In the extracted studies, ‘Internet utilisation and information searching skills’ (Norbert & Lwoga, 2013; Shabi et al, 2011), ‘more available time’ (Bernard et al, 2012; Shabi et al, 2011), ‘personal interests’ (Kahouei et al, 2015; Norbert & Lwoga, 2013), ‘knowing preferred sites or textbooks’ (Bernard et al, 2012; Norbert & Lwoga, 2013) and ‘up‐to‐date knowledge about disease and new health technologies’ (Norbert & Lwoga, 2013; Sarbaz et al, 2018) were among the factors cited by two studies.…”

“…Table 4 illustrates the technical factors involved in facilitating physicians' information‐seeking behaviour. ‘Ease of searching and finding needed information’ (Bellman et al, 2005; Bernard et al, 2012; King et al, 2019; Sarbaz et al, 2018; Shabi et al, 2011) were the most common technical facilitating factors mentioned in the findings of the studies. ‘Providing navigation support’ (Bernard et al, 2012; Heale et al, 2017; Rahmner et al, 2012) and ‘more relevant and reliable information for clinical practice’ (Bellman et al, 2005; Bernard et al, 2012; Sarbaz et al, 2018), and ‘smart features linked to the HER’ (Cook et al, 2018; King et al, 2019; Rahmner et al, 2012) were in the next ranks, respectively.…”