Residents and Medical Students Correctly Answer Clinical Questions More Often with Google and UpToDate than With PubMed or Ovid MEDLINE. A Review of: Thiele, R. H., Poiro, N. C., Scalzo, D. C., & Nemergut, E. C. (2010). Speed, accuracy, and confidence in Google, Ovid, PubMed, and UpToDate: Results of a randomised trial. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 86(1018), 459-465. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2010.098053

Residents and Medical Students Correctly Answer Clinical Questions More Often with Google and UpToDate than With PubMed or Ovid MEDLINE. A Review of: Thiele, R. H., Poiro, N. C., Scalzo, D. C., & Nemergut, E. C. (2010). Speed, accuracy, and confidence in Google, Ovid, PubMed, and UpToDate: Results of a randomised trial. Postgraduate Medical Journal, 86(1018), 459-465. doi:10.1136/pgmj.2010.098053

<b>Objective</b> – To determine which search tool (Google, UpToDate, PubMed or Ovid-MEDLINE) produces more accurate answers for residents, medical students, and attending physicians searching on clinical questions in anesthesiology and critical care. Searcher confidence in the answers an...

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Main Author: Theresa Arndt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta 2011-06-01
Series:Evidence Based Library and Information Practice
Subjects:
search behaviour
medical students
Google
MEDLINE
Online Access:http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/download/9982/8149

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