Online Searching as a Practice for Evidence-Based Medicine in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University of Malaya Medical Center, Malaysia: Cross-sectional Study.

Nor Asiah Muhamad Vinesha Selvarajah Anuja Dharmaratne Anushia Inthiran Nor Soleha Mohd Dali Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk Nai Ming Lai

Published in: JMIR formative research (2022)

Our findings suggest that junior doctors and medical students need more training in evidence-based medicine skills such as clinical question formulation and online search techniques for performing independent online searches effectively. However, because the findings were based on intermittent opportunistic observations in a specific clinical setting, they may not be generalizable.

Keyphrases

medical students
social media
health information
healthcare
primary care
high intensity