Analysis of Medical Education Output in Web of Science Database

Background & Objective: Knowledge maps graphically draw a branch of science and help to describe it more precisely. This research was conducted to study the scientific productivity and collaborative coefficient of medical education authors during 2002-2011. Methods: This descriptive study was done using scientometric techniques. The papers indexed in Web of Science were searched using medical education keywords. The retrieved records were entered into Excel and HistCite. Citation analysis techniques were used and the map was drawn. Results: The rate of productivity was 28%. 10123 retrieved records were published in 1506 journals and most were published in Medical Education Journal. 5791 educational institutes contributed to publishing papers. Van der Vleuten published more papers than other authors. The collaborative coefficient was moderate. 122 countries contributed to publishing these papers and USA was the most active country. Finally, 5 clusters were identified including learning methods in medical education, job depression, the effect of working hour reduction on health services, evaluation of professional competency in medical education, and the relationship between medical sciences and industry. Conclusion: Medical education follows an ascending trend in scientific productivity. The results of the current study can be used in future planning and help this field to improve. Keywords Web of Science database Medical education Citation analysis Scientific output Knowledge ma

Interpreting the Value of Information Received From Library Sources in Clinical Decision-Making Experienced By Physicians and Residents

The medical profession currently has extensive information and knowledge of the latest valid scientific advances in disease diagnosis, treatment strategies, and patient care, and is used by physicians, but there is little evidence on the assessment the usefulness of information used by physicians in dealing with clinical problems. The aim of this study is to interpret the value of information received from library sources in clinical decision-making experienced by physicians and residents. The study is qualitative. The participants were 28 subjects including 13 specialists, 4 subspecialists, and 11 resident of healthcare educational centers of Birjand city chosen through purposeful sampling method. For data collection, semi-structured interview and for data analysis, Colaizzi seven stage method was used. 7 main themes were identified including clinical, cognitive, qualitative, status, Guidance, pedagogic and research and 34 subthemes. The results showed that information have been valuable from different aspects in clinical decision-making. Thus, providing and making up-to-date as well as relevant information accessible to the healthcare team should be the agenda of medical sciences libraries as well as healthcare policymakers

Collaborative Citation Analysis and Accuracy Degree of Vancouver Style Application in References Of The Scientific Journal of Birjand University Of Medical Sciences: Short Communication

Background and Aim: The journals are communication links between authors and subject specialists. The aim of the current study was assessing the citation analysis and accuracy degree of applying vancouver style in the references of the scientific journal of Birjand University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: This study was a cross-sectional and randomized sampling investigation. A total of 168 articles which was published in the Journal of Birjand University of Medical Sciences between 2006 and 2012 were assessed. In these articles, collaboration coefficient, citation and applying Vancouver style in referencing were taken into accoun using a checklist and original references. The obtained results were analyzed. applying SPSS software(V: 18) and using T-test. Results: The articles studied had cited to 3634 sources each of which had cited to the average of 21.6 sources. The most Citation (i.e.82.3%) were to journal articles and 84.1% of the citations were to English ones. The highest percent of the articles were in the domain of health and collaboration coefficient was 0.7. Conclusion: It was found that in the bibliography Of the cited English articles, Vancouver style had not been applied completely, which should be paid attention to by scholars in their initial surveying of the articles