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MANUSCRIPT: Knowledge transfer in surgery: skills, process and evaluation.

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Knowledge transfer is an essential element in the management of surgical health care. In a routine clinical practice, surgeons need to make changes to the health care they provide as new clinical evidence emerges. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The information was derived from the authors' experience and research in evidence-based practice, searching of

ABSTRACT: Enhancing retrieval of best evidence for health care from bibliographic databases: calibration of the hand search of the literature.

Abstract BACKGROUND: Medical practitioners have unmet information needs. Health care research dissemination suffers from both "supply" and "demand" problems. One possible solution is to develop methodologic search filters ("hedges") to improve the retrieval of clinically relevant and scientifically sound study reports from bibliographic databases. To develop and test such filters a hand

MANUSCRIPT: The effect of training on question formulation among public health practitioners: results from a randomized controlled trial.

Abstract OBJECTIVE: To improve understanding of the information-seeking behaviors of public health professionals, the authors conducted this randomized controlled trial involving sixty participants to determine whether library and informatics training, with an emphasis on PubMed searching skills, increased the frequency and sophistication of participants' practice-related questions. METHODS: The intervention group (n = 34) received

ABSTRACT: Errors in search strategies were identified by type and frequency.

Abstract OBJECTIVE: Errors in the electronic search strategy of a systematic review may undermine the integrity of the evidence base used in the review. We studied the frequency and types of errors in reviews published by the Cochrane Collaboration. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Data sources were MEDLINE searches from reviews in the Cochrane Library,

MANUSCRIPT: A survey of the use of electronic scientific information resources among medical and dental students.

Abstract BACKGROUND: To evaluate medical and dental students' utilization of electronic information resources. METHODS: A web survey sent to 837 students (49.9% responded). RESULTS: Twenty-four per cent of medical students and nineteen per cent of dental students searched MEDLINE 2+ times/month for study purposes, and thiry-two per cent and twenty-four per cent respectively for research. Full-text