title: [Use of information sources by recently graduated physicians of Lima].
abstract: In order to determine the use of information sources by recently graduated physicians of Lima, Peru in 2011, a survey was conducted among graduated physicians at seven universities. They were asked about the use of search engines in the health area during their year of medical internship [last year of medical school]. Regular use was defined as the source being used once a week or daily. For 490 respondents, regularly used information sources were SciELO, accessed by 173 (36.4%); PubMed 165 (34.4%); HINARI 117 (25.5%); UpToDate 98 (22.3%); Cochrane Library 94 (20.6%); LILACS 91 (19.8%); a hospital institutional library 70 (15.0%); LIPECS 39 (8.7%); and Peru BVS 42 (9.3%). Only a minority regularly accessed information sources related to health. It is necessary to improve capacity in the efficient use of various resources of scientific information in a continuous way and that reaches students and health professionals.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Christian R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Mejia
authors.affiliation: Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Onice J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Caceres
authors.affiliation: Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina, Universidad Ricardo Palma, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Claudia A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Vera
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Ayar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nizama-Vía
authors.affiliation: Dirección de Evaluación y Gestión del Conocimiento, Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica, Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros del Perú, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Walter H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Curioso
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Percy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mayta-Tristán
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru; D010820:Physicians; D055815:Young Adult