Information-seeking behavior of medical residents in clinical practice in Bahia, Brazil

• Published in: Journal of the Medical Library Association Vol. 96; no. 4; pp. 381 - 384
• Main Authors: MARTINEZ-SILVEIRA, Martha Silvia, ODDONE, Nanci
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL Medical Library Association 01.10.2008; University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
• Subjects: Academic libraries; Adult; Attitude of Health Personnel; Brazil; Clinical medicine; Colleges & universities; Exact sciences and technology; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Information and communication sciences; Information science. Documentation; Information seeking behaviour; Information Storage and Retrieval - methods; Information Storage and Retrieval - statistics & numerical data; Internet; Internship and Residency - statistics & numerical data; Interprofessional Relations; Libraries, Medical - utilization; Library and information science. General aspects; Library Surveys; Male; Medical libraries; Patient care planning; Plastic surgery; Residents; Sciences and techniques of general use; Students; Studies; Use and user studies. Information needs; South America; Brazil; America; Medicine; Information use; Information retrieval; User behavior; User study; Result
• ISSN: 1536-5050; 1558-9439
• DOI: 10.3163/1536-5050.96.4.016

Residents at the Professor Edgar Santos University Hospital (HUPES) of the Federal University of Bahia Medical College (UFBA-FAMEB) in Salvador, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Bahia, have direct access to several important resources including the HUPES Library, the UFBA-FAMEB Library, freely accessible regional and international electronic databases, and the Capes Portal <www.periodicos.capes .gov.br>, a powerful information tool providing access to several databases and more than ten thousand full-text scientific journals. Questionnaire design Investigators developed a six-part questionnaire with thirty-five questions (Appendix online) exploring: (1) demographic data, (2) respondents' behavior when faced with a clinical information need, (3) habits and preferences for information resources management, (4) information-related skills, (5) most frequent information needs, and (6) examination of a particular situation in which the resident needed information to support clinical care.