Allied health professionals' use of online evidence: A survey of 790 staff working in the Australian public hospital system

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 391-401

  Gosling, A Sophie ^a   Westbrook, Johanna I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allied health; Evidence based practice; Information retrieval; Questionnaire; Survey

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SURVEYING;

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; ONLINE EVIDENCE; PERCEIVED BARRIERS; SYSTEM-BASED TRAINING;

HOSPITALS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; ONLINE SYSTEM; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHARMACIST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORKER; SPEECH THERAPY; TRAINING;

EID: 2442619120     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2003.12.017     Document Type: Article

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