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Resident utilization of information technology.

C H Cabell¹, C Schardt, L Sanders

¹Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA. chris.cabell@duke.edu

Journal of General Internal Medicine

|March 21, 2002

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A simple educational intervention significantly boosted resident physician literature search activity. This involved a brief training session, improving how doctors find and use medical research.

Area of Science:

Medical Education
Information Science
Internal Medicine Training

Background:

Resident physicians require efficient literature searching skills for evidence-based practice.
Current literature search activity among residents may be suboptimal.
Educational interventions can potentially enhance research utilization.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the impact of a straightforward educational intervention on resident physician literature search activity.
To quantify changes in search metrics following the intervention.

Main Methods:

A randomized controlled trial was conducted within an internal medicine residency program.
Participants included 48 residents, divided into control and intervention groups.
The intervention comprised a one-hour didactic session, clinical question cards, and practical question-building exercises.

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Main Results:

The intervention group showed significantly higher Medline log-ons (4.4 vs 2.1), search sets (74.2 vs 24.0), abstracts viewed (17.7 vs 5.8), articles viewed (2.6 vs 1.0), and hours spent searching (2.4 vs 0.8) compared to the control group (all P <.005).
Median search activity per person per week demonstrated marked increases across all measured parameters in the intervention group.

Conclusions:

A simple, one-hour educational intervention can substantially increase resident physician literature search activity.
This type of intervention is effective in promoting greater engagement with medical literature.
Enhancing search skills can support evidence-based medicine in residency training.