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- Title
Information-seeking behavior of medical residents in clinical practice in Bahia, Brazil.
- Authors
Martinez-Silveira, Martha Silvia; Oddone, Nanci
- Abstract
The article presents research on the use of information resources by residents at the Professor Edgar Santos University Hospital (HUPES) of the Federal University of Bahia Medical College (UFBA-FAMEB) in Brazil, to determine the importance and availability of scientific information for hospital staff, and the role of health sciences libraries in meeting the information needs of physicians. Data gathered included residents' use of medical libraries versus the internet, instruction and usage of bibliographic database searches, and clinical information needs surrounding diagnosis and drug therapy.
- Subjects
BAHIA (Brazil : State); BRAZIL; MEDICAL school information services -- Use studies; RESIDENTS (Medicine); UNIVERSITY hospitals; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL searching; USE studies of information resources; INFORMATION literacy research
- Publication
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2008, Vol 96, Issue 4, p381
- ISSN
1536-5050
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3163/1536-5050.96.4.016