title: Medical resident choices of electronic drug information resources.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine medical residents' day-to-day use of drug information resources since their choices of these resources, when faced with common questions, are unknown.
  
  
  METHODS
  An online survey including simulated drug information questions was administered to 146 medical residents in the Department of General Internal Medicine during July 2012. Residents were given a wide range of choices in drug information resources to answer these questions and were instructed to select what they would choose in actual practice. A score was assigned to each resource corresponding to a "best," "intermediate," or "not good" choice.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seventy-three respondents completed the survey and results were analyzed for statistical significance. Fifty-seven percent of respondents reported receiving no formal training regarding drug information. Statistical analyses revealed there were no significant differences in performance based on postgraduate year (P = .43) or extent of prior training (P = .45). Individual question responses revealed a generally infrequent selection of "best" choices. Less than 10% of the respondents chose the "best" answer for drug information questions related to drug interactions, herbal supplements, adverse events, and medication identification.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further training in drug information resource selection is warranted in the medical residency program to increase the frequency of use of higher quality resources.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacy Practice, St John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Queens, NY 11375, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacy Practice, St John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Queens, NY 11375, USA ppatel@cop.ufl.edu.
authors.forename: Priti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, North Shore LIJ Health System, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mason
mesh_terms: D002755:Choice Behavior; D004346:Drug Information Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: drug information; drug information resources; medical resident