A few years ago a project termed EDDIS (Electronic Document Delivery
Integrated Solution) was looking to solve the problem Tony Roberts
describes. Does anyone know what happened to EDDIS?
Dr John Perry
Director of Studies (General Practice)
PO Box 113,
Institute of Public Health
Robinson Way
Cambridge CB2 2SR
Tel: 01223 762514
Fax: 01223 762515
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> I'm interested in the discussion that has been developing about
> the questions GPs have and how help can be given in answering
> literature orientated questions.
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> I work in a primary care resource and development centre and we
> have been providing a knowledge service on a pilot basis. We have
> a librarian based in the centre and we are finding an increasing
> demand for help with, and access to, database (Medline, CINAHL,
> Cochrane Library and Best Evidence) and Internet searching.
>
> The problem is that having found citations to relevant papers we
> can't quickly get access to a photocopy of the article, despite
> links to the local University and to the Medical Library in
> secondary care. The hospital library say they don't have enough
> staff to photocopy articles for us and that GPs etc should go in
> and photocopy for themselves. Unfortunately, it is practically
> impossible to park at the library and the whole thing is too time
> consuming and inconvenient for this to be a realistic option.
> We're reluctant to use our librarian for this task as during the
> pilot they have very limited time and we would prefer to have
> them here and available to take enquiries. The University also
> say people should go into the library themselves, or we can pay
> L4 per article for a British Library inter-library loan (we think
> this is too costly except for the very short term). We have no
> room here to keep a stock of journals (even if we had the
> resources to buy one!).
>
> Anybody else encountered this problem? Any suggestions for
> solutions? I'll summarise responses and post to the list.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tony
>
> PS It's interesting to see this morning's discussion of the
> changing attitudes of medical students, SHO's etc. I am working
> with this year's intake of GP Registrars and they're a bright and
> lively bunch who've had practically no exposure to EBP previously
> but immediately saw the benefits and relevance. There is some
> scepticism about the feasibility of EBP in General Practice -
> could they be picking this up from their senior colleagues in practice?
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> AP Roberts
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> Teesside Primary Care Resource and Development Centre and
> Research Fellow
> The University of Durham
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