Mobile devices in medicine: a survey of how medical students, residents, and faculty use smartphones and other mobile devices to find information
Mobile devices in medicine: a survey of how medical students, residents, and faculty use smartphones and other mobile devices to find information
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DOI：
10.3163/1536-5050.102.1.006
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
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2
通讯作者：
Storie, Dale
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作者：
Boruff, Jill T.;Storie, Dale
目标：该研究调查了加拿大医学院的学生、住院医师和教职员工使用移动设备（例如智能手机（例如 iPhone、Android、黑莓）和平板电脑（例如 iPad））来回答临床问题和查找医疗信息的程度。这项研究的结果将告诉健康图书馆如何有效地支持移动技术和馆藏。 方法：四所加拿大大学的医学图书馆员通过院系电子邮件讨论列表、个人联系人和相关网站向医学生、住院医生和教职员工分发了一项电子调查。它调查了所寻求的信息类型、在医疗信息寻求中使用移动设备的促进因素、获取障碍、支持需求、对机构许可资源的熟悉程度以及最常用的资源。结果：对 1,210 名受访者的调查表明，智能手机和平板电脑在 4 所加拿大大学的临床环境中广泛使用。与其他研究生和教职员工相比，三年级和四年级本科生（即临床实习生）和住院医生更频繁地使用移动设备，将其用于更广泛的活动，并为其设备购买更多资源。结论：技术和智力障碍似乎并没有阻止医学实习生和教职人员定期使用移动设备进行医疗信息搜索；然而，访问障碍和缺乏认识可能会阻止他们使用可靠的、图书馆许可的资源。启示：在图书馆许可的移动资源简化身份验证流程之前，图书馆应专注于提供对少量频繁使用的移动资源的访问，而不是提供对大量馆藏的访问。
Objectives: The research investigated the extent to which students, residents, and faculty members in Canadian medical faculties use mobile devices, such as smartphones (e.g., iPhone, Android, Blackberry) and tablet computers (e.g., iPad), to answer clinical questions and find medical information. The results of this study will inform how health libraries can effectively support mobile technology and collections.Methods: An electronic survey was distributed by medical librarians at four Canadian universities to medical students, residents, and faculty members via departmental email discussion lists, personal contacts, and relevant websites. It investigated the types of information sought, facilitators to mobile device use in medical information seeking, barriers to access, support needs, familiarity with institutionally licensed resources, and most frequently used resources.Results: The survey of 1,210 respondents indicated widespread use of smartphones and tablets in clinical settings in 4 Canadian universities. Third- and fourth-year undergraduate students (i.e., those in their clinical clerkships) and medical residents, compared to other graduate students and faculty, used their mobile devices more often, used them for a broader range of activities, and purchased more resources for their devices.Conclusions: Technological and intellectual barriers do not seem to prevent medical trainees and faculty from regularly using mobile devices for their medical information searches; however, barriers to access and lack of awareness might keep them from using reliable, library-licensed resources. Implications: Libraries should focus on providing access to a smaller number of highly used mobile resources instead of a huge collection until library-licensed mobile resources have streamlined authentication processes.