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Where do most people look for trustworthy information?

The answer is simple and we probably all know it from our own experience. In a recent literature review by Revere et al. on the information needs of public health professionals, the number one source of trustworthy information was given as 'colleagues' {1}.

This is hardly surprising. In the hope for a quick, easy-to-understand and reliable answer to sometimes complex problems, we're all used to asking our colleagues who sit in the same office with us or when meeting in the corridor, or emailing someone we trust. In fact, the review mentions that human resources are a primary source of information for lawyers, life scientists, engineers and health care professionals. So, asking your colleague seems to be a universal theme.

But what do you do if your colleagues don't have the answers you were hoping for?

Well, we at Faculty of 1000 Medicine have taken the human 'information' resource a step further by having a Faculty of more than 2000 well-respected and recognized specialists provide us with evaluations of the articles that matter.

If you need information on the most current and pertinent literature, why not read the reviews from our named experts at Faculty of 1000 Medicine and keep the conversations with your colleagues focussed on lighter matters?

{1} Revere et al., J Biomed Inform 2007, 40:410-421 [PMID:17324632].

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Posted by Silvia Wersing on Wednesday Jan 16, 2008, Category: Information Overload | Permalink