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Survey of user preferences from a comparative trial of UpToDate and ClinicalKey

Michael R. Kronenfeld. MLS, MBA, AHIP; R. Curtis Bay, PhD; William Coombs, MA

APPENDIX

ClinicalKey versus UpToDate survey

Thank you for participating in the evaluation of ClinicalKey and UpToDate. You are providing
us with valuable input to guide us in our purchasing decision. This survey should not take
more than 5 minutes to complete.
If you have any questions, please contact Michael Kronenfeld at mkronenfeld@atsu.edu.

1. Please indicate your status.

2. I am affiliated with
 Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM)
 Physician assistant studies
 School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (SOMA)
 Other (please specify)

3. If you are a student are you:

 studying in the classroom
 in clinical rotation

4. If you are a faculty member are you:

 teaching in the classroom
 working with students in a clinical setting

5. Over the past month, how often have you used ClinicalKey?

6. Over the past month, how often have you used UpToDate?

7. Please rate your level of satisfaction with each of the following characteristics, for each of the
products. On a scale of 1 to 5, select the number that indicates how satisfied you are. A score of
1 means “very dissatisfied” and 5 means “very satisfied”.

ClinicalKey UpToDate
Ease of use
Efficiency in answering specific clinical questions (time
required to find the answer)
Effectiveness in answering specific clinical questions
(the quality of the answer you find)

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ClinicalKey UpToDate
Comprehensiveness
Presentation
User friendliness
Usefulness of instructions
Completeness and accuracy of instructions
Ability to easily perform required tasks
Overall, your satisfaction with the product

8. Thinking only of the products you have used in column one below, please indicate your
preference for that product versus ClinicalKey and UpToDate. 1 means that you prefer the
product listed in the first column, and 5 means that you prefer ClinicalKey (under
“ClinicalKey”) or UpToDate (under “UpToDate”).

ClinicalKey UpToDate
ACP PIER/StatRef
First Consult/MDConsult
Access Medicine
DynaMed (EBSCO)
Essential Evidence/Info Poems

9. If you have used UpToDate in the past, please indicate how long you have used it.

10. If you have used UpToDate in the past, please indicate how frequently you have used it:

11. If you are a faculty member, how often would you recommend UpToDate versus
ClinicalKey to students?

If you are a student, how often would you recommend UpToDate versus ClinicalKey to fellow
students?

12. If the library can purchase only one of the two products, which would you recommend?

13. Please provide specific reasons for your satisfaction or dissatisfaction with UpToDate and
ClinicalKey. Include examples, where possible.