ArticleApplied clinical informatics2025
Typing Proficiency among Physicians in Internal Medicine: A Pilot Study of Speed and Performance.
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Abstract
Electronic health records (EHRs) are widely implemented and consume nearly half of physicians' work time. Despite the importance of efficient data entry, physicians' typing skills-potential contributors to documentation burden-remain poorly studied.This study aims to evaluate the typing skills of physicians and their associations with demographic characteristics and professional roles.This cross-sectional pilot study included a convenience sample of physicians (residents, chief residents, and attending physicians) from the internal medicine division of an academic hospital. Participants completed a 1-minute typing test under supervised conditions. The primary outcome was raw typing speed, measured in words per minute (WPM). The secondary outcome was a performance score calculated by subtracting 50 points for each error from the total number of characters typed per minute.Participation rate was 100% (82/82 physicians). The mean age was 33.7 ± 7.3 years; 7.2 ± 7.1 years since graduation; and 45.1% female. The mean typing speed was 53.4 WPM (range: 31-91 WPM), with 57.3% (47/82) of participants exceeding 50 WPM, a threshold commonly considered professional. Bivariate analysis showed a significant negative association with age (Spearman's ρ = -0.281,
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