Paper Info
Title
Investigating interactive search behaviour of medical students: an exploratory survey
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate medical students medical search behavior on a medical domain. We use two behavioral signals: detailed query analysis (qualitative and quantitative) and task completion time to understand how medical students perform medical searches based on varying task complexity. We also investigate how task complexity and topic familiarity affect search behavior. We gathered 80 interactive search sessions from an exploratory survey with 20 medical students. We observe information searching behavior using 3 simulated work task scenarios and 1 personal scenario. We present quantitative results from two perspectives: overall and user perceived task complexity. We also analyze query properties from a qualitative aspect. Our results show task complexity and topic familiarity affect search behavior of medical students. In some cases, medical students demonstrate different search traits on a personal task in comparison to the simulated work task scenarios. These findings help us better understand medical search behavior. Medical search engines can use these findings to detect and adapt to medical students' search behavior to enhance a student's search experience.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1145/2071536.2071561
OZCHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
interactive search session,exploratory survey,different search trait,simulated work task scenario,medical search behavior,medical search,medical student,task complexity,medical search engine,medical domain,search behavior,interactive search behaviour,search engine
Task analysis,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Medical search,Search analytics,Task completion,Multimedia,Query analysis,Interactive search
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
8
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Anushia Inthiran185.25
Saadat M. Alhashmi28119.07
Pervaiz K. Ahmed3458.34