Table 5 Baseline utilization among the eligible 904 MDs during the six months prior to the trial
| Â | Postgraduates | Faculty | Total MD |
|---|---|---|---|
| Â | (n = 429*) | (n = 475*) | (n = 904*) |
Specialty type - n (%) | Â | Â | Â |
Internal Medicine | 82 (19.1%) | 66 (13.9%) | 148 (16.4%) |
Family Medicine | 107 (24.9%) | 184 (38.7%) | 291 (32.2%) |
Other Specialties | 240 (55.9%) | 225 (47.4%) | 465 (51.4%) |
Total number of searches | 935 | 423 | 1,358 |
Searches/month/user - Mean (SD) | 0.46 (1.42) | 0.20 (0.83) | 0.32 (1.16) |
Categories of search frequency - n (%) | Â | Â | Â |
>5 (Super-searchers) | 8 (1.9%) | 4 (0.8%) | 12 (1.3%) |
1 to 5 (Regular-searchers) | 45 (10.5%) | 24 (5.1%) | 69 (7.6%) |
<1 (Occasional-searchers) | 89 (20.7%) | 72 (15.2%) | 161 (17.8%) |
0 (Alert-only-users) | 287 (66.9%) | 375 (78.9%) | 662 (73.2%) |
Time since last search - n (%) | Â | Â | Â |
<= 365 days | 163 (38.0%) | 143 (30.1%) | 306 (33.8%) |
>365 days | 266 (62.0%) | 332 (69.9%) | 598 (66.2%) |
Total number of e-mail alerts read | 4,064 | 7,092 | 11,156 |
E-mail alerts read/month/user - Mean (SD) | 1.65 (2.99) | 2.54 (6.03) | 2.12 (4.85) |
Total number of other weblogins | 1163 | 740 | 1903 |
Other weblogins/month/user - Mean (SD) | 0.52 (4.10) | 0.32 (2.85) | 0.41 (3.50) |