| Title |
“Us and Them”: a social network analysis of physicians’ professional networks and their attitudes towards EBM
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, October 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-13-429 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Daniele Mascia, Americo Cicchetti, Gianfranco Damiani |
| Abstract |
Extant research suggests that there is a strong social component to Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) adoption since professional networks amongst physicians are strongly associated with their attitudes towards EBM. Despite this evidence, it is still unknown whether individual attitudes to use scientific evidence in clinical decision-making influence the position that physicians hold in their professional network. This paper explores how physicians' attitudes towards EBM is related to the network position they occupy within healthcare organizations. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 33% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 33% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 17% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 3% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 109 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 24 | 21% |
| Researcher | 20 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 23 | 20% |
| Unknown | 18 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 24% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 15% |
| Computer Science | 9 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 23 | 20% |
| Unknown | 24 | 21% |
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