Dr. Roland Grad from McGill is looking for family physicians to participate in a study
- What is the usability and validity of our Information Impact Assessment Method?
- To what extent do doctors retrieve information they have previously assessed as an email alert?
- Given the same information, does the type of impact perceived by the user differ in the context of email alert (push) vs. information search (pull)?
- When doctors pull information they have previously assessed on email, is it because they were searching for that particular information?
In this study, 40 family doctors will use a handheld computer to search a commercial database, in particular for answers to their clinical questions. Doctors will indicate if each information item is relevant, used, and has a positive, neutral or negative cognitive impact, choosing among statements like "I learned something new" or "I disagree with this information." Our assessment method may be useful to compare and evaluate the impact of clinical information, and for capturing user feedback to maintain database quality. Our research will also explore the relationship between information that is pushed to clinicians on e-mail and then pulled at some later time.
Impact of Electronic Knowledge Resources on Clinicians
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80% subsidy to buy a new pocket PC phone and software. We are suggesting the htc 6300 (PDA, cellular phone and camera). We will pay for a 1-year subscription to InfoRetriever.
- Automatic tracking and reporting of M1 credits for InfoRetriever searches.
- Offer to help build a virtual community of practice to support EBM Teachers participating in this study. Our project manager, Tara Bambrick, will be in attendance.
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