چکیده:
This study attempts to investigate the information-seeking behavior of specialists, residents and interns at the hospitals of Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. The data were collected through a questionnaire completed by 114 respondents. The research findings revealed that the three groups used informal channcls (i.e. conferences) in order to obtain specific as well as geneml information to keep abreast with progress in medicine. Though specialists, residents and interns reported similar informaaon seeking behaviors, their experiences vary significantly. Personal problems in keeping abreast with progress in medicine were related to time constraint and lack of familiarity with using information sources. Moreover, for all three groups, organizational or non-personal problems involved poor quality of collections and inadequate number of books as well as their out-of-dateness.
خلاصه ماشینی:
INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR: THE CASE OF SPECIALISTS, RESIDENTS AND INTERNS AT HOSPITALS OF AHVAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Z.
co This study attempts to investigate the information-seeking behavior of specialists, residents and interns at the hospitals of Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
[15] The aim of the present study is to investigate how specialists, residents and interns at the hospitals of Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences obtain the information they require.
In the present study, information seeking behaviour includes the totality of activities done by medical specialists, residents and interns to obtain the required information from different resources and through various channels.
Three hypotheses were formulated for this study: Hypothesis I: There is a significant difference between the information seeking behavior of medical specialists, residents and interns at the hospitals of Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences.
Hypothesis 3: There is a correlation between the information seeking behavior of medical specialists at the hospitals of Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences and their other activities such as the time they spend teaching, conducting research and working in private clinics.
To administer the pilot study, 30 copies of the questionnaire were July/Dmember,20O4 fronlen Journal of Information Science & Technology, Volume 2, Numtier 2 distributed among specialists, residents and interns serving at teaching hospitals in Isfahan.
SUGGESTIONS The study of the informabon seeking behavior of specialists, residents and interns at Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences has shed some light on the points which demand serious attention in order to enable library patrons to meet their information needs.