An Analysis of Physicians&#039; Online Information Search Process at the Point of Care (의사의 임상질문 해결을 위한 온라인 정보검색과정 연구)

Soon Kim (김순); Eunkyung Chung (정은경)

doi:10.3743/KOSIM.2016.33.3.177

An Analysis of Physicians' Online Information Search Process at the Point of Care

Journal of the Korean Society for Information Management
Abbr : JKOSIM
2016, 33(3), pp.177~193
DOI : 10.3743/KOSIM.2016.33.3.177
Publisher : 한국정보관리학회
Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
Received : August 17, 2016
Accepted : September 11, 2016
Published : September 30, 2016

Soon Kim ¹, Eunkyung Chung ¹

¹이화여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to analyze physicians’ online information search process to solve the clinical questions at the point of care. To achieve this purpose, ten university hospital-based physicians participated in-depth interviews and observation studies. Based on Wilson’s problem solving process, this study analyzed the characteristics of each information search stage and efficiency of online searching. The results showed that participants tend to relatively immediately formulate their clinical questions. However, basic searching strategies were only used and a few preferred information sources were chosen. However, average satisfaction degree of online searching appeared high with 5.7 (7 Likert-scale) and problem-solving index increased after searching. As physicians are likely to use well organized and evidenced-based credible information easily, it implies the needs for an integrated search system within the electronic medical record (EMR). In addition, as other online resources’ awareness is lower comparing Google and PubMed, active promotions and training of other resources are needed.

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physician, clinician, problem solving, clinical questions, information search process, information seeking, clinical information resources, database

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