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End-user searching in medicine.

E H Poisson

    Bulletin of the Medical Library Association
    |October 1, 1986
    PubMed
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    Physician end-user searching shows low adoption but high interest. Training by expert librarian-searchers significantly improved search quality, not system friendliness or user habits.

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    Area of Science:

    • Medical Informatics
    • Information Science

    Background:

    • End-user searching in medical settings is growing.
    • Understanding physician adoption and training effectiveness is crucial for optimizing information retrieval.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate physician end-user searching behavior and training outcomes.
    • To identify factors influencing the quality of end-user searches.

    Main Methods:

    • Survey of physicians at New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center (NYH-CUMC).
    • Analysis of search precision and recall ratios for end-user searches.
    • Observation of training session attendance and searcher frequency.

    Main Results:

    • Only 8% of physicians were active end-users, but 63% expressed interest in training.

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  • 50% of staff attended training, yet only 7% became frequent searchers.
  • Search quality was highest when end-users were trained by experienced librarian-searchers.

    • Conclusions:

    • Physician interest in end-user searching is high, but conversion to frequent use is low.
    • Expert librarian training is key to improving the quality of physician searches.
    • System "friendliness," search frequency, and duration of searching did not impact search quality.