Table 1 Relationship between physician specialties and reading preferences
MEDICAL SPECIALTIES | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medicine | Surgery | Gynecology | Pediatrics | Anesthesia | Psychiatry | |||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P values | ||
Preference of Electronic journals over Printed journals | 77 (84.6) | 51 (91.07) | 21 (95.45) | 18 (54.54) | 16 (51.6) | 13 (50) | <0.001 | |
Paid Subscription of journals | 12 (13.18) | 11 (19.64) | - | 2 (6) | 5 (16.1) | - | 0.03 | |
Books | 72 (79.12) | 34 (60.71) | 11 (22) | 17 (51.5) | 28 (90.3) | 23 (88.46) | <0.001 | |
E journals | 35 (38.46) | 40 (71.42) | 7 (31.8) | 20 (60.6) | 17 (54.8) | 12 (46.15) | 0.001 | |
Medical Software | 25 (37.87) | 20 (35.71) | 9 (40.9) | 11 (33.3) | 10 (32.2) | 8 (30.76) | NS | |
Printed Journals | 30 (32.9) | 15(26.78) | 7 (31.8) | 6 (18.18) | 8 (25.8) | 7 (26.9) | NS | |
Medical Conferences | 32 (35.16) | 18 (32.14) | 8 (57.14) | 8 (24.24) | 5 (16.1) | 7 (26.9) | NS | |
Articles read per week | None | 44 (48.3) | 3 (5.3) | 7 (31.8) | 11 (33.3) | 14 (45.1) | 7 (26.9) | <0.001 |
<5 | 38 (41.7) | 38 (67.8) | 10 (45.4) | 22 (66.6) | 12 (38.7) | 17 (65.3) | ||
<10 | 7 (7.6) | 11 (90.6) | 5 (22.7) | - | 2 (6.4) | 1 (3.8) | ||
<15 | 2 (2) | 4 (7.1) | - | - | 2 (6.4) | 1 (3.8) | ||
More than 15 | - | - | - | - | 1 (3.2) | - | ||