Title
Use of information sources by recently graduated physicians of Lima
Other title
Uso de fuentes de información en médicos recién graduados de Lima
Date Issued
2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
In order to determine the use of information sources by recently graduated physicians of Lima, Peru in 2011, a survey was conducted among graduated physicians at seven universities. They were asked about the use of search engines in the health area during their year of medical internship [last year of medical school]. Regular use was defined as the source being used once a week or daily. For 490 respondents, regularly used information sources were SciELO, accessed by 173 (36.4%); PubMed 165 (34.4%); HINARI 117 (25.5%); UpToDate 98 (22.3%); Cochrane Library 94 (20.6%); LILACS 91 (19.8%); a hospital institutional library 70 (15.0%); LIPECS 39 (8.7%); and Peru BVS 42 (9.3%). Only a minority regularly accessed information sources related to health. It is necessary to improve capacity in the efficient use of various resources of scientific information in a continuous way and that reaches students and health professionals.
Start page
716
End page
720
Volume
31
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la información Medicina general, Medicina interna Ciencias de la Información
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84921001016
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
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