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International Evidence-Based Medicine Survey of the Veterinary Profession: Information Sources Used by Veterinarians
Veterinarians are encouraged to use evidence to inform their practice, but it is unknown what resources (e.g. journals, electronic sources) are accessed by them globally. Understanding the key places veterinarians seek information can inform where new clinically relevant evidence should most effecti...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4961404/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27458724 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159732 |
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author | Huntley, Selene J. Dean, Rachel S. Massey, Andrew Brennan, Marnie L. |
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description | Veterinarians are encouraged to use evidence to inform their practice, but it is unknown what resources (e.g. journals, electronic sources) are accessed by them globally. Understanding the key places veterinarians seek information can inform where new clinically relevant evidence should most effectively be placed. An international survey was conducted to gain understanding of how veterinary information is accessed by veterinarians worldwide. There were 2137 useable responses to the questionnaire from veterinarians in 78 countries. The majority of respondents (n = 1835/2137, 85.9%) undertook clinical work and worked in a high income country (n = 1576/1762, 89.4%). Respondents heard about the survey via national veterinary organisations or regulatory bodies (31.5%), online veterinary forums and websites (22.7%), regional, discipline-based or international veterinary organisations (22.7%) or by direct invitation from the researchers or via friends, colleagues or social media (7.6%). Clinicians and non-clinicians reportedly used journals most commonly (65.8%, n = 1207/1835; 75.6%, n = 216/286) followed by electronic resources (58.7%, n = 1077/1835; 55.9%, n = 160/286), respectively. Respondents listed a total of 518 journals and 567 electronic sources that they read. Differences in veterinarian preference for resources in developed, and developing countries, were found. The nominated journals most read were the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (12.7% of nominations) for clinicians and the Veterinary Record (5.7%) for non-clinicians. The most accessed electronic resource reported was the Veterinary Information Network (25.6%) for clinicians and PubMed (7.4%) for non-clinicians. In conclusion, a wide array of journals and electronic resources appear to be accessed by veterinarians worldwide. Veterinary organisations appear to play an important role in global communication and outreach to veterinarians and consideration should be given to how these channels could be best utilised for effective dissemination of key research findings. |
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spelling | pubmed-49614042016-08-08 International Evidence-Based Medicine Survey of the Veterinary Profession: Information Sources Used by Veterinarians Huntley, Selene J. Dean, Rachel S. Massey, Andrew Brennan, Marnie L. PLoS One Research Article Veterinarians are encouraged to use evidence to inform their practice, but it is unknown what resources (e.g. journals, electronic sources) are accessed by them globally. Understanding the key places veterinarians seek information can inform where new clinically relevant evidence should most effectively be placed. An international survey was conducted to gain understanding of how veterinary information is accessed by veterinarians worldwide. There were 2137 useable responses to the questionnaire from veterinarians in 78 countries. The majority of respondents (n = 1835/2137, 85.9%) undertook clinical work and worked in a high income country (n = 1576/1762, 89.4%). Respondents heard about the survey via national veterinary organisations or regulatory bodies (31.5%), online veterinary forums and websites (22.7%), regional, discipline-based or international veterinary organisations (22.7%) or by direct invitation from the researchers or via friends, colleagues or social media (7.6%). Clinicians and non-clinicians reportedly used journals most commonly (65.8%, n = 1207/1835; 75.6%, n = 216/286) followed by electronic resources (58.7%, n = 1077/1835; 55.9%, n = 160/286), respectively. Respondents listed a total of 518 journals and 567 electronic sources that they read. Differences in veterinarian preference for resources in developed, and developing countries, were found. The nominated journals most read were the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (12.7% of nominations) for clinicians and the Veterinary Record (5.7%) for non-clinicians. The most accessed electronic resource reported was the Veterinary Information Network (25.6%) for clinicians and PubMed (7.4%) for non-clinicians. In conclusion, a wide array of journals and electronic resources appear to be accessed by veterinarians worldwide. Veterinary organisations appear to play an important role in global communication and outreach to veterinarians and consideration should be given to how these channels could be best utilised for effective dissemination of key research findings. Public Library of Science 2016-07-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4961404/ /pubmed/27458724 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159732 Text en © 2016 Huntley et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Huntley, Selene J. Dean, Rachel S. Massey, Andrew Brennan, Marnie L. International Evidence-Based Medicine Survey of the Veterinary Profession: Information Sources Used by Veterinarians |
title | International Evidence-Based Medicine Survey of the Veterinary Profession: Information Sources Used by Veterinarians |
title_full | International Evidence-Based Medicine Survey of the Veterinary Profession: Information Sources Used by Veterinarians |
title_fullStr | International Evidence-Based Medicine Survey of the Veterinary Profession: Information Sources Used by Veterinarians |
title_full_unstemmed | International Evidence-Based Medicine Survey of the Veterinary Profession: Information Sources Used by Veterinarians |
title_short | International Evidence-Based Medicine Survey of the Veterinary Profession: Information Sources Used by Veterinarians |
title_sort | international evidence-based medicine survey of the veterinary profession: information sources used by veterinarians |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4961404/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27458724 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159732 |
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