PharmWeb - Questionnaire

New PharmWeb Questionnaire

We are conducting a new survey to assess current and potential usage of PharmWeb, the pharmaceutical and health-related Web information service (e.g., information on conferences, pharmaceutical products, publications, job vacancies) found at PharmWeb. The information provided will help us in the development of PharmWeb. Even if you filled our previous questionnaire we would be grateful if you could spare a few minutes of your time to assist us in our new survey an answer a few questions. Unless otherwise stated, please tick the most relevant box(es) in answer to the questions.

1. Are you employed by:

A pharmaceutical company		Public health care
An academic institution		Private health care
Community pharmacy		A professional institution
Analytical services		Biotech firm
Computer software distributor		Supplier of raw chemicals
A publishing firm		Equipment/instrument manufacturer
Government regulatory body		Other (please specify)

2. What is the nature of your role:

General management		Hospital clinician
Purchasing		GP
Sales		Pharmacist
Marketing		Academic
Recruitment consultant		Other (please specify)
Researcher

3. Do you have access to the Internet:

At work

At home

Both

4. List any professional bodies to which you belong:

5. What is your knowledge of the following pharmaceutical information services available through the Internet:

Extent of knowledge	PharmWeb	PharmInfoNet	GeoHealthWeb
No knowledge
Some knowledge
Have used their site
Frequently use their site

6. If you know of these services how did you discover them:

Word of mouth		Organisational news
Surfing the net		Trade stand at exhibition
Conference speech		Other (please specify)
Journal article

7. For each of the media identified (newspapers, journals, etc.) rank up to 4 information services that are important to you (with 1 being the most important of these services):

Services	Newspapers	Journals	Professional Bodies	Web Home Pages
Job vacancies
Conference info.
'Yellow Web Pages'
Drug information
Latest publications
Discussion forum
Research developments
Other (specify)

8. Rank each of the 4 media (newspapers, journals, etc.) with respect to each attribute (e.g., 1 = highest score for ease of access, 4 = lowest score):

Attributes	Newspapers	Journals	Professional Bodies	Web Home Pages
Ease of access
Frequency of update
Price
Availability
Ease of finding information
Appealing presentation/layout
Detail and depth of analysis

9. Rank these attributes in importance to you as a user of pharmaceutical information (1 = most important, 7 = least important):

Attributes	Ranking
Ease of access
Frequency of update
Price
Availability
Ease of finding information
Appealing presentation/layout
Detail and depth of analysis

10. If an Internet information provider were to introduce a charging scheme for its services would you:

Pay per view per service	Yes No
Pay per entry to a chargeable service section in Pharmweb	Yes No
Pay an annual subscription fee	Yes No
Pay a monthly subscription fee	Yes No
Would not use any of the chargeable services	Yes No

11. Would you expect use of the services to:

Be paid by yourself

Be paid by your company/organisation

12. Are you able to authorise payment for these services:

Up to ?100		Up to ?500		Up to ?1000
Up to ?5000		Don't know		Not at all

13. If you cannot authorise payments, how difficult is it to get authorisation through your company to make a payment for this type of Internet service at work:

Easy
Moderately difficult
Very difficult

14. Would you be willing to make any payment by:

Cheque Payment	Yes No
Direct Debit	Yes No
Debit or Visa Card	Yes No
Virtual Account system (e.g., First Virtual)	Yes No
Do not know	Yes No

15. For PharmWeb users only:
How often do you access the following Pharmweb services:

Services	Daily	Weekly	Monthly	Not at all
Job vacancies
Conference info.
'Yellow Web Pages'
Drug information
Latest publications
Discussion forum
Research developments
Other (specify)

16. This section is optional and all information is held in strict confidence:

Name:
E-mail:
Any other comments:

Thank you for your time, if you wish to submit the questionnaire please hit the 'Send' button below.