Survey of user preferences from a comparative trial of UpToDate and ClinicalKey

Pharmacist perception and use of UpToDate®

“…Of note, the majority of pharmacists indicated that they would make specific treatment recommendations based on the information provided in UpToDate and would allow students to use this resource during experiential learning rota tions. This indicates a high level of comfort and trust with the quality of information in this resource and is consistent with previous studies assessing physician perceptions [3][4][5][6][7][8].…”

“…Although several studies have examined physician use of UpToDate [3][4][5][6][7][8], this is the first study to specifically evaluate pharmacists' perceptions and use of this important point-of-care resource. Use of UpToDate among a wide sample of pharmacists tended to be partly driven by the ability to access the resource.…”

“…The basis of ques tions was a literature review of articles focusing on prescriber use of UpToDate [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. An investigation of similar scope as this project, but focused on Wikipedia, was also reviewed for potential questions [11].…”

“…UpToDate is know n for providing specific patient care recom m endations, potentially im pacting clinical health care professionals' decision m aking [1], Pro m otional m aterial for UpToD ate suggests its use im proves clinical outcom es; how ever, these claims are based on an observational stu d y th at found m arginal im provem ent in hospital length of stay (5.6 vs. 5.7 days, P<0.001) and m ortality (9.0% vs. 9.1%, P=0.04) in institutions subscribing to UpToDate, com pared to those that do not [2], Physician opinion of U pToDate has been extensive ly analyzed. In prior studies, UpToDate w as preferred by physicians over other com m only used point-ofcare resources in term s of inform ation layout, confi dence in use, a n d /o r satisfaction w ith content [3][4][5][6][7][8]. Thiele et al found that users of UpToD ate w ere significantly m ore confident in their answ ers to 4 clinical questions, com pared to users of Google, Ovid, an d PubM ed [6].…”

Integrating research into practice

“…They further play key roles in creating systematic reviews that synthesize the best research evidence [53][54][55][56][57]. In recent years, health sciences librarians have been involved in the development and performance evaluations of point-of-care resources at patients' bedsides [58][59][60][61]. Health sciences librarians manage the sources of the research evidence in their electronic collections that are used both for training health professions students in EBP and that are integrated into EBP by health professions.…”