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Bibliotecas Médicas , Papel Profissional , Coleta de Dados , Humanos , Bibliotecários , Bibliotecas Médicas/organização & administração , Bibliotecas Médicas/estatística & dados numéricos , Serviços de Biblioteca/organização & administração , Serviços de Biblioteca/estatística & dados numéricos , Sociedades MédicasAssuntos
Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Educação Baseada em Competências/métodos , Medicina Baseada em Evidências/educação , Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Serviços de Saúde Rural , Ensino/métodos , Canadá , Educação de Graduação em Medicina/métodos , Humanos , Relações Interprofissionais , Aprendizagem Baseada em ProblemasAssuntos
Medicina de Família e Comunidade , Publicações Periódicas como Assunto , PubMed , Editoração , Canadá , HumanosRESUMO
PURPOSE: This paper appraises empirical studies examining the impact of clinical information-retrieval technology on physicians and medical students. METHODS: The world literature was reviewed up to February 2004. Two reviewers independently identified studies by scrutinising 3368 and 3249 references from bibliographic databases. Additional studies were retrieved by hand searches, and by searching ISI Web of Science for citations of articles. Six hundred and five paper-based articles were assessed for relevance. Of those, 40 (6.6%) were independently appraised by two reviewers for relevance and methodological quality. These articles were quantitative, qualitative or of mixed methods, and 26 (4.3%) were retained for further analysis. For each retained article, two teams used content analysis to review extracted textual material (quantitative results and qualitative findings). RESULTS: Observational studies suggest that nearly one-third of searches using information-retrieval technology may have a positive impact on physicians. Two experimental and three laboratory studies do not reach consensus in support of a greater impact of this technology compared with other sources of information, notably printed educational material. Clinical information-retrieval technology may affect physicians, and further research is needed to examine its impact in everyday practice.
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Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Tecnologia Biomédica/estatística & dados numéricos , Medicina Baseada em Evidências/métodos , Armazenamento e Recuperação da Informação/estatística & dados numéricos , Informática Médica/estatística & dados numéricos , Sistemas Computadorizados de Registros Médicos/estatística & dados numéricos , Padrões de Prática Médica/estatística & dados numéricos , Medicina Baseada em Evidências/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
RATIONALE: Methods to systematically measure the impact of knowledge resources on health professionals would enhance evaluation of these resources in the real world. OBJECTIVE: To propose a new impact assessment method. BACKGROUND: We demonstrated the feasibility of combining a 4-level scale with Computerized Ecological Momentary Assessment (CEMA) for efficiently measuring the impact of a knowledge resource. METHOD: We critically reviewed the world literature regarding the impact of clinical information-retrieval technology on trainees and doctors, and retained 26 papers for qualitative content analysis. FINDINGS: Of those, 21 use a nominal scale (yes/no), none systematically measures the impact of searches for information outside of a laboratory setting, and none uses an ordinal scale. The literature supports the proposed levels of impact, and suggests a fifth level. CONCLUSION: A new impact assessment method is proposed, which combines a 5-level revised scale and CEMA.