Table 2 Structure and results of the questionnaire – Part I
From: General Practitioners' preferences and use of educational media: a German perspective
How often do you use the following educational media?/How would you assess the efficiency (ratio of time spent on information gain)? | Â | Degree of utilization/Assessment of efficiency | Correlation between utilization and efficiency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Never/little | Sometimes/medium | Often/high | Â |
Colleagues | Use of: | 3 (1.1%) | 104 (39.8%) | 154 (59%) | 0.304* |
| Â | Efficiency: | 20 (7.8%) | 81 (31.4%) | 157 (60.9%) | Â |
Quality circles | Use of: | 2 (0.8%) | 62 (23.6%) | 199 (75.7%) | 0.468* |
| Â | Efficiency: | 8 (3.1%) | 90 (35%) | 159 (61.9%) | Â |
Conferences/Congresses | Use of: | 10 (3.8%) | 151 (57.6%) | 101 (38.5%) | 0.343* |
| Â | Efficiency: | 25 (9.8%) | 116 (45.5%) | 114 (44.7%) | Â |
Books | Use of: | 7 (2.7%) | 151 (57.6%) | 104 (39.7%) | 0.326* |
| Â | Efficiency: | 12 (4.7%) | 117 (45.5%) | 128 (49.8%) | Â |
Pharmaceutical Representative | Use of: | 61 (23.4%) | 160 (61.3%) | 40 (15.3%) | 0.451* |
| Â | Efficiency: | 187 (73.6%) | 61 (24%) | 6 (2.4%) | Â |
University Representative | Use of: | 91 (38.4%) | 130 (54.9%) | 16 (6.8%) | 0.579* |
| Â | Efficiency: | 92 (36.7%) | 104 (41.4%) | 55 (21.9%) | Â |
Scientific Journals | Use of: | 2 (0.8%) | 91 (35.1%) | 166 (64.1%) | 0.408* |
| Â | Efficiency: | 16 (6.3%) | 111 (43.4%) | 129 (50.4%) | Â |
Internet | Use of: | 83 (32%) | 123 (47.5%) | 53 (20.5%) | 0.512* |
| Â | Efficiency: | 90 (37.2%) | 87 (36%) | 65 (26.9%) | Â |