Speed, accuracy, and confidence in Google, Ovid, PubMed, and UpToDate: Results of a randomised trial

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1018, 2010, Pages 459-465

  Thiele, Robert H ^a   Poiro, Nathan C ^b   Scalzo, David C ^a   Nemergut, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDLINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; CRITICAL CARE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PUBMED; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956051856     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.098053     Document Type: Article

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