Table 2.
Work related use of the internet reported by respondents and the online resources used
| Use | n = 383 | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Obtaining information to give to a patient | 358 | 93.5 % |
| Answering a clinical question | 357 | 93.2 % |
| Continuing professional development | 308 | 80.4 % |
| Answering a non- clinical question | 234 | 61.1 % |
| Literature searches | 135 | 35.2 % |
| Other | 91 | 23.8 % |
| None of the above reasons | 1 | 0.3 % |
| Resource | n = 382 | Percentage |
| SIGN Guidelines | 303 | 79.3 % |
| BMJ Learning | 279 | 73.0 % |
| NICE Guidelines | 255 | 66.8 % |
| GP Notebook | 243 | 63.6 % |
| 234 | 61.3 % | |
| NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) | 165 | 43.2 % |
| Healthcare Journals e.g. BMJ, Lancet, BJGP | 159 | 41.6 % |
| RCGP Online Learning Environment | 138 | 36.1 % |
| Doctors.net.uk | 130 | 34.0 % |
| Wikipedia | 116 | 30.4 % |
| NES Knowledge Network | 81 | 21.2 % |
| Pulse Learning | 75 | 19.6 % |
| GP Magazine / GP online and mycme.com | 70 | 18.3 % |
| e-Learning for General Practice (e-GP) | 67 | 17.5 % |
| LearnPro | 63 | 16.5 % |
| e-Learning for Healthcare | 56 | 14.7 % |
| GP Handbook | 42 | 11.0 % |
| Other (not otherwise specified) | 31 | 8.1 % |
| WebinarsForGPs.com | 26 | 6.8 % |
| Another search engine other than Google | 18 | 4.7 % |
| Patient.co.uk | 13 | 3.4 % |
| 11 | 2.9 % | |
| 11 | 2.9 % | |
| Other specified (14 unique resources including: NB Hot Topics, Up To Date, Univadis, Dermnet NZ) | 23 | 6.0 % |