Trends in Physician Preferences for and Use of Sources of Medical Information in Response to Questions Arising at the Point of Care: 2009-2013

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL 1, 2014, Pages

  Salinas, Gregory D ^a  

^a CE Outcomes LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Information seeking; Online computer based education; Physician assessment remediation; Physician preferences; Social media; Utility of CME

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902476591     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.21224     Document Type: Article

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