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. 2015 Mar 14;2015(3):CD004749. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004749.pub3

Haynes 2014.

Trial name or title Multifaceted Online Interventions to Increase the Quantity and Quality of Searching for Current Best Evidence to Answer Clinical Questions
Methods Allocation: randomized
Intervention model: factorial assignment
Masking: single blind (investigator)
Participants 900 anticipated:
  • postgraduate and faculty physicians working in the teaching hospitals and clinics of the Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Interventions
  • Intervention A ‐ online clinical questions recorder

  • Intervention B ‐ online evidence retrieval coach

  • Intervention C ‐ online audit and feedback

Outcomes Primary:
  • utilization of evidence‐based resources as measured by rate of searches/month/user (time frame: 6 months). Each clinician participating in the trial has a personal online account in MacPLUS Federated Search (MPFS). When they are signed on their account, the system continuously tracks their searches and utilization of individual resources. The researchers we will record their utilization over the full duration of the trial (6 months) and analyze it at the end

Starting date January 2014
Contact information Robert B Haynes, bhaynes@mcmaster.ca
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