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Primary care physicians and their information-seeking behaviour.

M Nylenna1, O G Aasland

  • 1Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association, Oslo.

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care
|May 16, 2000
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Primary care physicians use various methods for continuing medical education (CME) but engage less in informal learning than hospital doctors. Both groups reported decreased reading and course time from 1993-1999.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Information Science
  • Physician Studies

Background:

  • Continuing Medical Education (CME) is crucial for physicians to stay updated.
  • Information-seeking behaviors vary significantly between different medical practice settings.
  • Understanding these differences is key to optimizing medical knowledge dissemination.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the continuing medical education (CME) and information-seeking behaviors of primary care physicians.
  • To compare these behaviors with those of hospital-based physicians.
  • To assess self-perceived ability to manage medical knowledge and reported CME activities.

Main Methods:

  • A postal survey was conducted among Norwegian physicians.
  • 1276 physicians participated (response rate 78%), including 283 primary care physicians and 741 hospital doctors.

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  • Data collected included self-perceived ability to cope with medical knowledge and self-reported CME activities.

    • Main Results:

    • Two-thirds of physicians felt capable of managing the increasing medical information flow.
    • Courses, meetings, and congresses were identified as the most valued CME activities.
    • Primary care physicians spent less time on medical reading (3 hrs/week) and had lower internet access (59%) compared to hospital doctors (>4.5 hrs/week, 76%).
    • Time spent on medical reading and formal courses declined between 1993 and 1999 for all physician groups.

    Conclusions:

    • Primary care physicians utilize diverse information sources for professional development.
    • They appear to engage less in informal learning methods compared to their hospital-based counterparts.
    • Physicians' engagement with traditional CME methods and reading has decreased over time.