Egyptian physicians’ information-seeking behaviour while serving in public isolation hospitals

What is it about?

Physicians are playing a significant role in the health-care sector in light of the reasonable availability of information. There is an urgent need to know how they think to access relevant information to help deal with patients better, especially during crises and epidemics, as the world is witnessing a serious outbreak of the coronavirus. This study emerged to understand how these professionals deal with this virus in light of an investigation into their information behavior, as well as an assessment of their information needs that ensures this relationship.

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Why is it important?

This study is the first study that focuses on investigating the information-seeking behavior of Egyptian physicians serving in isolation hospitals. Any findings resulted from this study may serve as a noteworthy reference that may be useful to the Egyptian health sector, experts, researchers, as well as policymakers in establishing strategic decisions for making the understating much better.

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