Table 1.
Study results
| Participants | Sample size | Time | Accuracy | Confidence | |||||||||
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| Average time to complete the search activity in minutes with standard deviation | Average score by panel using rubric * with standard deviation | Average confidence level as reported by participants† with standard deviation | |||||||||||
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| eSearcher | (SD) | Not eSearcher | (SD) | eSearcher | (SD) | Not eSearcher | (SD) | eSearcher | (SD) | Not eSearcher | (SD) | ||
| Graduate nursing students | 23 (12 eSearcher, 11 not eSearcher) | 8.08 | (3.58) | 5.00 | (1.94) | 1.25 | (1.06) | 1.46 | (0.82) | 4.92 | (1.44) | 6.09 | (0.83) |
| Resident physicians | 19 (10 eSearcher, 9 not eSearcher) | 5.33 | (2.78) | 4.13 | (3.18) | 2.20 | (1.14) | 2.44 | (1.13) | 5.70 | (0.82) | 5.78 | (1.09) |
| All participants | 42 | 6.90 | (3.38) | 4.61 | (2.52) | 1.68 | (1.17) | 1.90 | (1.07) | 5.27 | (1.24) | 5.95 | (0.95) |
*
Higher score=greater accuracy.
†
Higher score equals greater confidence.