Number of respondents = 502

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After seeing a patient in your clinic or surgery you need to refresh your memory about a relevant clinical fact you read a while ago. Imagine you have easy access to all the following knowledge sources and five minutes before the next patient arrives. How likely would you be to consult each source to refresh your memory?

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1. Standard medical textbooks

Response (q849)	N	%
Never	1	0.20
Very unlikely	27	5.38
Unlikely	29	5.78
Possible	153	30.48
Likely	235	46.81
Certain	57	11.35

2. Latest expert review

Response (q850)	N	%
Never	9	1.79
Very unlikely	49	9.76
Unlikely	114	22.71
Possible	180	35.86
Likely	130	25.90
Certain	20	3.98

3. Latest systematic review

Response (q851)	N	%
Never	11	2.19
Very unlikely	46	9.16
Unlikely	106	21.12
Possible	179	35.66
Likely	133	26.49
Certain	27	5.38

4. An organised collection of major paper medical journals

Response (q852)	N	%
Never	38	7.57
Very unlikely	96	19.12
Unlikely	173	34.46
Possible	138	27.49
Likely	51	10.16
Certain	6	1.20

5. An organised collection of major full text electronic medical journals

Response (q853)	N	%
Never	15	2.99
Very unlikely	62	9.76
Unlikely	102	22.71
Possible	172	35.86
Likely	130	25.90
Certain	21	4.18

6. The National Electronic Library for Health

Response (q854)	N	%
Never	76	15.14
Very unlikely	97	19.32
Unlikely	142	28.29
Possible	144	28.69
Likely	34	6.77
Certain	9	1.79

7. Medline with article abstracts

Response (q855)	N	%
Never	32	6.37
Very unlikely	79	15.74
Unlikely	112	22.31
Possible	189	37.65
Likely	80	15.94
Certain	10	1.99

8. Cochrane Library

Response (q856)	N	%
Never	57	11.35
Very unlikely	87	17.33
Unlikely	122	24.30
Possible	162	32.27
Likely	61	12.15
Certain	13	2.59

9. Guideline published by NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence)

Response (q857)	N	%
Never	20	3.98
Very unlikely	44	8.76
Unlikely	93	18.53
Possible	205	40.84
Likely	121	24.10
Certain	19	3.78

10.Guideline published by a professional organisation such as a Royal College

Response (q858)	N	%
Never	4	0.80
Very unlikely	32	6.37
Unlikely	56	11.16
Possible	220	43.82
Likely	164	32.67
Certain	26	5.18

11. Guideline published by a local group

Response (q859)	N	%
Never	9	1.79
Very unlikely	31	6.18
Unlikely	79	15.74
Possible	222	44.22
Likely	144	28.69
Certain	17	3.39

12. Guideline published by a pharmaceutical company

Response (q860)	N	%
Never	43	8.57
Very unlikely	104	20.72
Unlikely	191	38.05
Possible	152	30.28
Likely	12	2.39
Certain	0	0.00

13. Guideline published by a professional organisation such as a Royal College sponsored by a pharmaceutical company

Response (q861)	N	%
Never	9
Very unlikely	62
Unlikely	108
Possible	265
Likely	56
Certain	2

14. Patient flowchart or algorithm based on guideline published by NICE

Response (q862)	N	%
Never	19	3.78
Very unlikely	33	6.57
Unlikely	59	11.75
Possible	216	43.03
Likely	152	30.28
Certain	23	4.58

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