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Residents’ clinical questions

How are they answered and are the answers helpful?

G. Michael Allan, Victoria Ma, Sarah Aaron, Ben Vandermeer, Donna Manca and Christina Korownyk
Canadian Family Physician June 2012; 58 (6) e344-e351;
G. Michael Allan
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    Questions by specialty and evidence-based category

    SPECIALTYCATEGORY OF QUESTION, NTOTAL
    THERAPYHARMDIAGNOSISPROGNOSISADMINISTRATIVE
    Anesthesia92112
    Cardiology232833
    Clinical immunology and allergy91313
    Community medicine3227
    Dermatology16723
    Diagnostic radiology55
    Emergency medicine22
    Endocrinology and metabolism62513
    Gastroenterology7815
    General internal medicine459
    General surgery213
    Geriatric medicine123
    Hematology235
    Infectious diseases182727
    Medical oncology11
    Neurology51713
    Obstetrics and gynecology14618139
    Occupational medicine22
    Ophthalmology11
    Orthopedic surgery11
    Otolaryngology549
    Pediatric medicine571114
    Physical medicine and rehabilitation235
    Psychiatry214227
    Respiratory medicine639
    Rheumatology15924
    Urology3710
    Total176 (54.2%)31 (9.5%)111 (34.2%)2 (0.6%)5 (1.5%)325 (100%)
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    Resources used and the utility of the answers attained

    RESOURCEUTILITY OF ANSWERTOTAL
    LARGE CHANGESMALL CHANGECONFIRMEDEXPANDED KNOWLEDGE BASENO HELP
    Electronic, n (% in row)4 (4.8)6 (7.1)16 (19.0)33 (39.3)25 (29.8)84 (100)
    Internet, n2612271865
      • PubMed, MEDLINE, Ovid437
      • Summary or review sites2136416
      • UpToDate134
      • Filtered resources112
      • College, society, guidelines112
      • Other websites46131134
    PDA, n246719
    Colleagues, n (% in row)14 (5.3)52 (19.5)98 (36.8)69 (25.9)33 (12.4)266 (100)
    Preceptors, n1249926829250
    Specialists, n2114
    Residents, n5128
    Other colleagues, n224
    Paper, n (% in row)2 (3.6)12 (21.4)17 (30.4)11 (19.6)14 (25.0)56 (100)
    Textbook, n216312
    CPS, n563317
    Formulary text, n682622
    Other paper resources, n325
    Total, n (% in row)20 (4.9)70 (17.2)131 (32.3)113 (27.8)72 (17.7)406 (100)
    • CPS—Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties, PDA—personal digital assistant.

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