title: [Evaluation of professional Internet resources' use by gynaecologists and obstetricians].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the use of internet as the additional education tool by gynaecologists and obstetricians.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective questionnaire was sent December 1999 to gynaecological departments of 35 hospitals in Wielkopolska region. Data were collected in MS Access data base until February 25, 2000. Analysis was performed using MS Excel packet.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Questionnaires returned from 25 hospitals (71.4%) filled by 193 physicians. About 52.8% of them use the internet for searching professional information. Among internet users 77.4% search Medline data bases, 22.5% use discussion lists, 64.7% search for education possibilities, 67.6% are interested in precise professional topics, 31.4% read the OnLine papers and casuistic, 1.0% has the own www page. The importance of internet was stressed by 84.3% of internet users. Young physicians and those in specialising training are frequent users of internet.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The access to internet is not satisfactory, but the physicians use all possible internet options.
authors.affiliation: Katedry Ginekologii i Połoznictwa Akademii Medycznej im. K. Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rzymski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wilczak
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D009774:Obstetrics; D011044:Poland; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires