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Table 5 Doctors' use of UpToDate and the personal digital assistant (PDA)

From: How residents and interns utilise and perceive the personal digital assistant and UpToDate

 

Only 23 respondents who used both UpToDate and PDAs with medical software applications

Characteristic

UpToDate

PDA

p value

Time spent per week*

1.0 hr (1.0 – 2.0)

1.0 hr (0.5 – 2.0)

0.21

Frequency of use per week*

3.0 times (2.0 – 5.0)

12.0 times (5.0 – 18.0)

< 0.001

Usefulness†

1.0 (1.0 – 1.0)

2.0 (1.0 – 2.0)

0.005

  1. * Data are presented as median (interquartile range); comparisons made using the Wilcoxon signed rank test.
  2. † Data are presented as median score (interquartile range) on a Likert scale in which 1 = strongly agree, 2 = agree, 3 = not sure, 4 = disagree, 5 = strongly disagree, when doctors were asked if UpToDate and the PDA was useful for acquiring medical knowledge; comparison made using the Wilcoxon signed rank test.
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BMC Medical Education

ISSN: 1472-6920

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