The assessment of strategic plans of a developing country for solving barriers to access evidence-based information sources

Abstract

Objective: Most developing societies attempt to eliminate physicians and medical students' barriers to the use of evidence-based information to ensure about delivering the best practice. Hence, health sector of Iran has conducted numerous educational interventions and has provided information technology infrastructure through strategic plans to provide opportunity for physicians and medical students to use research-based information in their clinical decision from 2005. The aim of this study is to reply a question. Have the reforms of a developing country eliminated the physicians and medical assistants and students' barriers to the use of research and evidence-based information resources?

Methods: A descriptive study was performed among 315 physicians, assistants, and medical students in the affiliated hospitals of Semnan University of medical sciences in 2012.

Results: The results reflected actual world scenarios in developing countries, and obviously showed that the investments could not overcome the main obstacles to the extent that was hoped.

Conclusions: This study offers organizational and cultural approaches and information management to simplify the usage of evidence-based information sources in practice in developing countries.

Keywords: Barriers; developing country; evidence‐based; information sources; strategic plans.