Foraging Theory Applied to Medical Information Searching - Couverture souple

Dwairy, Dr. Mai

 
9781477128039: Foraging Theory Applied to Medical Information Searching
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1477128034 ISBN 13 : 9781477128039
Editeur : XLIBRIS, 2012

Synopsis

Workload and other constraints prevent General Practitioners from accessing medical evidence for clinical decisions. This problem was studied in New Zealand GPs using Optimal Foraging Theory developed in ecology. GPs' information search strategies were modelled as sequential steps associated with costs and benefits measured from logbooks of actual searches. By consulting the most profitable sources, switching sources when unsuccessful, and double checking, GPs seem close to an optimal trade-off between maximizing search success and information reliability, and minimizing searching time. Subsidised training in information searching and provision of a literature search service are two inferred avenues to access medical evidence.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Workload and other constraints prevent General Practitioners from accessing medical evidence for clinical decisions. This problem was studied in New Zealand GPs using Optimal Foraging Theory developed in ecology. GPs' information search strategies were modelled as sequential steps associated with costs and benefits measured from logbooks of actual searches. By consulting the most profitable sources, switching sources when unsuccessful, and double checking, GPs seem close to an optimal trade-off between maximizing search success and information reliability, and minimizing searching time. Subsidised training in information searching and provision of a literature search service are two inferred avenues to access medical evidence.

Biographie de l'auteur

Mai Dwairy was, born in Nazareth, Israel. Mai always had a critical mind, questioning the reliability of information. In 1999, she immigrated to Wellington, New Zealand, joining the Evidence-based Healthcare advisory team at the Accident Compensation Corporation. In 2005, she was an invited researcher at the New Zealand Guideline Group. At that time, she enrolled in a PhD at the Wellington School of Medicine, Otago University, on the topic "The application of foraging theory to the management of information by General Practitioners". Mai was the first to apply foraging theory, developed in behavioural ecology, to a medical information search setting.

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Éditeur
XLIBRIS
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1477128034
ISBN 13 
9781477128039
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
204
Coordonnées du fabricant
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