Table 2a.
Most important source of information for selected professional activities.




Information Source Code Count Responses Cases


Personal Knowledge & Experience 19 890 29.5 266.5
Text & Reference Books 3 644 21.4 192.8
Journals 2 61 8.7 78.1
Journals 2 61 8.7 78.1
Pamphlets 4 169 5.6 50.6
Continuing Education 6 156 5.2 46.7
WWW Searches 12 107 3.6 32.0
Libraries 7 102 3.4 30.5
MEDLINE 11 96 3.2 28.7
Outside Colleague Network 15 77 2.6 23.1
Pharmacists 17 61 2.0 18.3
In-office colleagues 14 51 1.7 15.3
Specialist Referral Network 16 41 1.4 12.3
Professional Associations 1 36 1.2 10.8
E Mail 13 33 1.1 9.9
Other Health Professionals 18 24 0.8 7.2
Professional Meetings 5 22 0.7 6.6
Newsletters 8 16 0.5 4.8
Computer Conferences 10 14 0.5 4.2
Product detail persons 9 10 0.3 3.0
None of the above 20 203 6.7 60.8
Total Responses 3013 100.0 902.1