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Main Authors: Lewis, Ruth A., Rolinson, Janet, Urquhart, Christine J.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1998
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ577947
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  • Health Professionals' Attitudes towards Evidence-Based Medicine and the Role of the Information Professional in Exploitation of the Research Evidence. Lewis, Ruth A. Rolinson, Janet Urquhart, Christine J. Access to Information Allied Health Personnel Attitudes Information Retrieval Information Scientists Librarians Library Services Medical Research Medicine Online Searching Relevance (Information Retrieval) Role User Needs (Information) User Satisfaction (Information) A survey of 182 doctors, nurses, and allied professionals examined health professionals' awareness of evidence-based medicine (EBM). Results show most health professionals wanted workplace access to resources, that doctors preferred to do their own searching, and that health professionals doubted librarians could find relevant articles, suggesting a need for promoting library services in EBM. (PEN)