Partners Infectious Disease Images

Partners Infectious Disease Images Website Survey

Researchers at Partners HealthCare Inc and Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, with support from the National Library of Medicine, are developing a new learning tool, eMicrobes, based in part on users’ experience and evaluation of the Partners ID Images web site (www.idimages.org). E-Microbes will be a digital library to address the difficulties in learning microbiology and infectious diseases, offering an extensive and easily searchable digital library of case information and images that will facilitate learning infectious diseases and microbiology, and serve as an adjunct to other teaching and learning formats.

We invite you to respond to an anonymous survey to describe more fully your use of and satisfaction with this educational resource. The survey is designed to take approximately 5-10 minutes. By the completion of this project, we hope to improve and expand the resources currently available for learning Infectious Diseases.

In accordance with guidelines from the Partners HealthCare Inc., we request your permission to include evaluation data that you provide in reports to the National Library of Medicine and in educational publications. Submission of a survey will indicate your willingness to allow us to use these data publicly. All data and consent forms will be maintained in confidential files and are disassociated from individual identifying information.

Please contact the Principal Investigator, Dr. Rajesh Gandhi, at idimages@partners.org should you have any concerns or questions about the use of these evaluation data.

1. Please indicate your professional degree and specialty field:
MD
DO
PA
RN/NP/LPN
Other:

2. At what level of training or professional experience are you now?
Student (If selected, skip to Question 10)
In post-graduate training
In practice
Retired (If selected, skip to Question 10)

3. If you indicated you are in post-graduate training in question 2, at what level are you?
Intern
Resident
Fellow

4. If you indicated you are in practice in question 2, how long have you been in practice?
5 years or less
5-10 years
more than 10 years

5. In what type of community do you practice?
Urban
Suburban
Rural

6. In what type of office setting do you practice?
University Hospital
Government hospital or clinic
Community hospital
Private practice

7. In which country do you practice?

8. Approximately what percentage of your time is spent teaching?
None
Less than 10%
10-50%
More than 50%
100%

9. Approximately what percentage of your time is spent caring for patients?
None
Less than 10%
10-50%
More than 50%
100%

10. Please indicate the reason(s) why you use an electronic resource such as ID Images:
(Select all that apply.)
To learn microbiology/infectious diseases
To stay up to date in Infectious Diseases
To obtain information and cases for teaching
To prepare for an examination
To support the care of a specific patient
Other:

11. Please note how you use the ID Images website. You may check all that apply.
(Select all that apply.)
To view featured cases
To search cases as unknowns for self-testing
To find information on specific diseases, diagnoses, or organisms
To view Special Collections including HIV/AIDS cases
To review microbiology laboratory images
Other:

12. Since you began to use ID Images, how often have you typically used it in a month?
Never before now
Less than once per month
About once a month
About once a week
Several times a week

13. How would you rate the range of content on the site?
Very limited
Adequate
Very Extensive

14. How would you rate the quality of content on the site?
Low Quality
Adequate
High quality

15. How easily are you able to find what you want on the site?
Very easily
Somewhat easily (I usually find what I want but not as easily as I'd like)
Not very easily
With difficulty (I find searching confusing or frustrating)

16. How would rate your ability to move from one section of the site to another?
Very easy
Moderately easy (e.g. intuitive)
Moderately difficult
Very difficult (e.g., confusing or frustrating)

17. Please describe any limitations with the site or problems you have had using it.

18. What suggestions for improvements or new features do you have for a digital library intended for the teaching and learning of infectious diseases?

19. Please indicate your level of satisfaction with ID Images:
Dissatisfied and may discontinue use
Moderately satisfied and will probably use it
Satisfied and will use it often

20. Would you recommend this site to others?
Yes
No