Use of information sources by recently graduated physicians of Lima
- Red LIRHUS,
- Christian R. Mejia(corresponding author)(Author),
- Onice J. Caceres(Author),
- Claudia A. Vera(Author),
- Ayar Nizama-Vía(Author),
- Walter H. Curioso(Author)
- Grupo Colaborativo Latinoamericano de Investigación en Recursos Humanos en Salud,
- Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas,
- Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina de la Universidad Ricardo Palma,
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica
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SpanishPages from-to (Number of pages)
Pages 716-720 (5 pages)Journal (Volume, Issue Number)
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica (Volume 31, Issue 4)Publication milestones
- Published - 2014
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1726-4634Publication IDs
- Scopus: 84921001016
- PubMed: 25597724
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.
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