@article{ref1,
title="Clinical information seeking in traumatic brain injury: a survey of Veterans Health Administration polytrauma care team members",
journal="Health information and libraries journal",
year="2018",
author="Hogan, Timothy and Martinez, Rachael and Evans, Charlesnika and Saban, Karen L. and Proescher, Eric and Steiner, Monica and Smith, Bridget",
volume="35",
number="1",
pages="38-49",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The polytraumatic nature of traumatic brain injury (TBI) makes diagnosis and treatment difficult. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: To (1) characterise information needs among Veterans Health Administration (VHA) polytrauma care team members engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of TBI; (2) identify sources used for TBI related information; and (3) identify barriers to accessing TBI related information. <br><br>METHODS: Cross-sectional online survey of 236 VHA polytrauma care team members. <br><br>RESULTS: Most respondents (95.8%) keep at least somewhat current regarding TBI, but 31.5% need more knowledge on diagnosing TBI and 51.3% need more knowledge on treating TBI. Respondents use VHA affiliated sources for information, including local colleagues (81.7%), VHA offsite conferences/meetings (78.3%) and onsite VHA educational offerings (73.6%); however, limited time due to administrative responsibilities (50.9%), limited financial resources (50.4%) and patient care (50.4%) were prominent barriers. <br><br>DISCUSSION: Medical librarians are in a unique position to develop information services, resources and other electronic tools that reflect the clinical context in which polytrauma care team members practice, and the different tasks they perform. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Polytrauma care team members could benefit from additional information regarding the diagnosis and treatment of TBI. Addressing their information needs and supporting their information seeking requires a mulit-pronged approach to time and financial constraints.<br><br>Published 2017. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-1834",
doi="10.1111/hir.12203",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hir.12203"
}