Hospital clinicians information behaviour and attitudes towards the 'Clinical Informationist': an Irish survey

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dc.contributor.authorFlynn, Maura G.
dc.contributor.authorMcGuinness, Claire
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-16T10:03:23Z
dc.date.available2013-01-16T10:03:23Z
dc.date.issued2011-03
dc.date.updated2013-01-16T09:46:32Z
dc.description.abstractBackground: Hospital clinicians are increasingly expected to practice evidence-based medicine (EBM) in order to minimize medical errors and ensure quality patient care, but experience obstacles to information-seeking. The introduction of a Clinical Informationist (CI) is explored as a possible solution. Aims:  This paper investigates the self-perceived information needs, behaviour and skill levels of clinicians in two Irish public hospitals. It also explores clinicians perceptions and attitudes to the introduction of a CI into their clinical teams. Methods: A questionnaire survey approach was utilised for this study, with 22 clinicians in two hospitals. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics. Results: Analysis showed that clinicians experience diverse information needs for patient care, and that barriers such as time constraints and insufficient access to resources hinder their information-seeking. Findings also showed that clinicians struggle to fit information-seeking into their working day, regularly seeking to answer patient-related queries outside of working hours. Attitudes towards the concept of a CI were predominantly positive. Conclusion: This paper highlights the factors that characterise and limit hospital clinicians information-seeking, and suggests the CI as a potentially useful addition to the clinical team, to help them to resolve their information needs for patient care.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationFlynn, Maura G.; McGuinness, Claire (2011) 'Hospital clinicians information behaviour and attitudes towards the 'Clinical Informationist': an Irish survey'. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 28 (1):23-32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-1842.2010.00917.xen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1471-1842.2010.00917.x
dc.identifier.endpage32en
dc.identifier.issn1471-1842
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleHealth Information and Libraries Journalen
dc.identifier.startpage23en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/882
dc.identifier.volume28en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd.en
dc.rights© 2010 The authors. Health Information and Libraries Journal © 2010 Health Libraries Group. The definitive version is available at wileyonlinelibrary.comen
dc.subjectClinical informationisten
dc.subject.lcshClinical medicine--Researchen
dc.subject.lcshHuman information processingen
dc.subject.lcshInformation behavioren
dc.subject.lcshInformation literacyen
dc.subject.lcshEvidence-based medicineen
dc.titleHospital clinicians information behaviour and attitudes towards the 'Clinical Informationist': an Irish surveyen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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