Undergraduate Physiotherapists' Use of the Internet to Fulfil Their Information Needs During a Theoretical Examination: A Randomized Crossover Trial.

Background: The internet is widely used by healthcare students and professionals alike to fulfil their information needs, yet limited research has utilised web log analysis to evaluate how they do so.

Aims: To elicit information needs among students via the administration of a multiple choice questionnaire (MCQ) and to evaluate how they use the internet to fulfil these needs.

Methods: Forty final-year physiotherapy students (63% female) completed a MCQ under two conditions: i) 'assisted' with internet access and ii) 'unassisted' without internet access.