Estimating Time to Conduct a Meta-analysis From Number of Citations Retrieved

Abstract

binomial distribution to compare 2 independent proportions.Two-tailed P values are reported for all comparisons.Results.Of the 407 participants who attended the 8 workshops, 355 baseline surveys were returned for data analysis (response rate, 87%).The response rate of the 407 participants for the 6-month follow-up was 77%.Physicians reported increased computer use daily or weekly (69% at baseline and 82% at follow-up; PϽ.001), Internet use (66% at baseline and 80% at follow-up; PϽ.002), and use of computers for e-mail access (PϽ.008) (TABLE).At follow-up, approximately half of respondents reported that learning the skills needed to access the Internet was easy, a rate un-changed from baseline.Type of Internet use did not change.Literature searches were the most common form of Internet use, followed by news retrieval.Comment.Our results suggest that physicians increase their Internet and e-mail use following attendance at a 4-hour Internet workshop.Nearly half continued to report that learning to use the Internet was easy once they have been taught the skills.Our study was limited by the self-reported data and lack of knowledge regarding whether the same sample responded on the first and second surveys.We also do not know whether physicians completing the workshops are similar to physicians overall.However, our study demonstrates that providing physicians the basic skills to access and use the Web can increase physicians' use of the Internet.

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