User:Doc James/EMS study

Planning on in the next few week administering a one page survey to PCP students looking at their use of research resources. Survey attached below and comments appreciated.

Survey
Survey of Internet usage of PCP students

Age_?__ Gender___ Years in EMS ___

What resources do you currently 	use to answer medical questions (in order of frequency)

___ Textbooks

___ Journal articles

___ Internet / online

___ Discuss with experts / 		colleagues

___ Other _________

Of the online sources which do you 	use most frequently and how frequently do you use them

___ Google ___ times per month

___ Wikipedia ___ times per month

___ Pubmed ___ times per month

___ BCAS ___ times per month

___ Emedicine ___ times per month

___ Uptodate ___ times per month

___ Other _________ (Health 		Canada, NIH, CDC, etc ) ___ times per month

What are the most important 	factors in determining the sources you use on a scale of 1 to 10 ( 1 	for least important 10 for most important )

Ease 		of access ___

Reliability ___

Referencing ___

Comfortable with the site ___

Ease of finding suitable 		information ___

Consistent formatting across 		topics ___

Appropriate depth of information 		___

Other important aspects 		_______________________________________________

What do you view as the most 	positive and negative factors of the following sources

Google      Positive 		____________________ Negative_____________________ N/A ___

Wikipedia Positive 		____________________ Negative_____________________ N/A ___

Pubmed    Positive 		____________________ Negative_____________________ N/A ___

BCAS       Positive 		____________________ Negative_____________________ N/A ___

Emedicine Positive 		____________________ Negative_____________________ N/A ___

Uptodate   Positive 		____________________ Negative_____________________ N/A ___

Other         Positive 		____________________ Negative_____________________ N/A ___

What is your understanding of how 	the following sites generate their content

Google      		_______________________________________________________ N/A ___

Wikipedia 		_______________________________________________________ N/A ___

Pubmed    		_______________________________________________________ N/A ___

BCAS       		_______________________________________________________ N/A ___

Emedicine 		_______________________________________________________ N/A ___

Uptodate   		_______________________________________________________ N/A ___

Other         		_______________________________________________________ N/A ___