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| Question | Answer choices |
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| (1) What resources do you use to look up medical information? (Check all that apply) | Textbooks, Journal Articles, Medical Apps, Websites |
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| (2) What medical apps do you use on a regular basis? (Check all that apply) | Epocrates, UpToDate, VisualDX, Dynamed, Diagnosaurus, Lexicomp, Pepid, Eponymns, Isabel, Medscape, Micromedex, None |
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| (3) Rate these medical apps/websites for how much you trust the information (1–5 do not trust–completely trust) | Epocrates, UpToDate, VisualDX, Dynamed, Diagnosaurus, Lexicomp, Eponymns, Medscape, WebMD, Micromedex, Wikipedia, Google |
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| (4) How much time does your medical school/residency training program formally devote to teaching the appropriate use of information technology in medical decision making? | 0 hours, 1–5 hours, >5 hours |
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| (5) Using medical apps enhances your knowledge as a medical student/resident | Strongly Agree, Agree, Neither Agree nor Disagree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree |
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| (6) How would you compare the information obtained from medical apps with information obtained from a textbook? | More Reliable, Same Reliability, Less Reliable |
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| (7) Are you comfortable using medical apps during a patient encounter? | Very Comfortable, Neither Comfortable Nor Uncomfortable, Uncomfortable, Very Uncomfortable |
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| (8) How often do you use a mobile device (smartphone, tablet, etc.) to (a) look up information; (b) share information | Not at all, 1-2x per week, daily, multiple times per day |
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| (9) Usage of medical apps can (a) save you time; (b) improve the care of my patients; (c) increase diagnostic accuracy | Strongly Agree, Agree, Neither Agree nor Disagree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree |
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| (10) What do patients think of you when using a medical app in front of them? (Check all that apply) | You are tech savvy and modern, You don’t know what you are doing, You care enough to double check you work, You are fresh out of training |
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| (11) Using a medical app on a mobile device (smartphone, tablet, etc.) in front of a colleague makes you appear less engaged | Strongly Agree, Agree, Neither Agree nor Disagree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree |
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| (12) Older doctors have a harder time adapting to new technologies and still rely on their memory for most medical decisions. | Strongly Agree, Agree, Neither Agree nor Disagree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree |
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| (13) Younger doctors are more comfortable using mobile technologies to access knowledge | Strongly Agree, Agree, Neither Agree nor Disagree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree |
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| (14) Where do you look for help in creating a differential diagnosis? (Check all that apply) | UpToDate, VisualDX, Dynamed, Diagnosaurus, eMedicine Isabel, Medscape, None |
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