Medical Student, Resident, and Faculty Use of a Computerized Literature Searching System

Authors

Ronald J. Markert, Wright State UniversityFollow
Anthony J. Parisi, Wright State University
H. Verdain Barnes, Wright State University
Steven Cohen, Wright State University
Kim X. Goldenberg, Wright State University
Lawrence E. Mieczkowski, Wright State UniversityFollow
Margaret M. Dunn, Wright State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1989

Abstract

The experiences of medical students, residents, and faculty with a computerized literature searching system were evaluated. Third-year medical students, internal medicine and family practice residents, and full-time and voluntary faculty at one medical school had the opportunity to use a full-text and bibliographic medical literature retrieval system free of charge for an eleven-month period. Subjects conducted nearly nine thousand literature searches over a period of 942 system hours. Questionnaire data showed that participants could learn to use and would use an electronic information system, felt capable of using the system, utilized the system for a variety of purposes and in a number of different ways, and viewed the system as a valuable tool in searching the medical literature. The results are discussed in the context of the educational needs of the four user-groups and medical education planning by institutions.

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Repository Citation

Markert, R. J., Parisi, A. J., Barnes, H. V., Cohen, S., Goldenberg, K. X., Mieczkowski, L. E., & Dunn, M. M. (1989). Medical Student, Resident, and Faculty Use of a Computerized Literature Searching System. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 77 (2), 133-138.
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