Where do UK clinicians find information at the point of care? A pragmatic, exploratory study.

Aim: To describe where clinical information is contemporarily and commonly found in UK primary care, what is favoured by clinicians, and whether this is (1) publicly funded (2) has commercial potential conflicts of interest.

Design And Setting: A mixed methods study, consisting of (1) site visits to general practices in Scotland, (2) online questionnaire, focused on UK general practice (3) analysis of materials cited by professionals.

Methods: Data about sources of clinical information used was obtained verbally, visually and via search histories on computers from visits.