Internet and information technology use by dental students in Chile

Uribe, Sergio; Mariño, Rodrigo

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0579.2006.00412.x

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“…However, the frequent use of Internet and its use in education was lower than in other studies (31)(32)(33)(34)(35). This may be explained by lack of education and different problems of the students in relation to internet use as well as no access to online shared databases, no ability to search online shared databases including all databases such as updated databases.…”

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Information Literacy and Use of Information Technology by Students in Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences

Foruzandeh

Delaram

Deris

et al. 2017

Interdiscip J Virtual Learn Med Sci

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Introduction: Nowadays, students of medical universities need to be familiar with computer and information technology (IT) to become successful. The aim of this study was to investigate the information literacy and the use of IT by students in Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences. Methods:This survey is a descriptive-correlational study. The study population consisted of all students of the Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences and the sample size included 235 students. The instrument was a researcher-developed questionnaire with a validity confirmed by faculty members and a 0.83 reliability according to Cronbach's alpha. For data analysis, Pearson's correlation coefficient and Chi-square in SPSS 16 were used. Results:The results revealed the frequency use of IT domains; Internet obtained the most frequently used domain (67.2%) followed by Windows (54.1%), word processing software (43.8%), search engines (41.1%), and e-mail (30.5%). The highest mastery was obtained over Internet use (58.6%) followed by Windows and word processing software (48.3%), search engines (34.4%), and software installation (31.4%). The use of IT was significantly associated with previous research activities such as having PC, the skill to use computers and Internet, the mean duration of computer use per week, and English language competency (P < 0.05). Conclusions:The students' mastery over the use of IT is weak in the Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, and certain plans are needed to educate these students by holding workshops, empowering them to do research, and revisiting the curricula to increase the credits of IT course.

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Information Literacy and Use of Information Technology by Students in Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences

Foruzandeh

Delaram

Deris

et al. 2017

Interdiscip J Virtual Learn Med Sci

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“…Observations on student' s competence with ICT are few, and are carried out mostly in countries where informatics is well developed. [3] There have been very few studies on ICT in education involving dental schools in the Middle East. [4] Hence, this study was undertaken to investigate the current knowledge and skills of undergraduate dental and dental hygiene male and female students of the Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy (RCSDP), with respect to information communication technology (ICT).…”

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Use of computers among students of dental college in Saudi Arabia

Rahman

2011

J Educ Ethics Dent

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Background:The Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy (RCSDP) is in the process of implementing a total computer based information system to improve the delivery of curricula, clinical teaching and administration. In order to measure the level of acceptance and the degree of training that would be required, a survey was undertaken to investigate the current knowledge and skills of students with respect to information communication technology (ICT). Materials and Methods: Data collection took place by means of a questionnaire which included items on computer access, computer skills and training, computer activities used for study at college, internet access and activities involving the internet and dentistry. Results: An overall response rate of 81.8% (226 out of 276) was obtained. Besides having free and unlimited access to computers at the college, 82.7% of the students had access to computers at home also and 93% owned their own laptop. About 63.7% students gained their knowledge about computers from personal study and experience. Academic uses of the computer were mainly by PowerPoint programs (61%) and 91% had access to Internet. Around 85% preferred lectures to be available on the college website. Google was the most commonly used search engine (60%), and only 10% accessed PubMed or other medical and dental sites for academic purposes. Conclusion: It can thus be concluded that students of RCSDP had adequate access to substantial ICT resources and demonstrated an excellent attitude towards the computer and Internet technology. However, the educational use of ICT among these students has great scope for improvement.

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“…[8] This finding is consistent with data found in an earlier study conducted in Jordan [10] and Europe [11] where 72% of the students had access to computers at home. But this figure was lower than the 100% UG students at college of Chile [9] followed by 70.8% of UG students in India [2] where the internet was accessed most commonly from college. In our study, majority of the participants have more than 8 years of experience of the internet use.…”

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“…Similar findings were noted in studies conducted in Yazd and Chile. [7,9] But a study conducted in Jordan reported that female UG dental students use the internet less frequently than male students. [10] The present study showed that among UG and PG students, 82.04% and 87.5% respectively had personal computers/laptops, a finding similar to a study conducted in India revealed that majority of the dental teachers and students (73.7%) under study have their own personal computers or laptops.…”

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Knowledge, views and attitudes regarding the internet and its use in dentistry among dental undergraduate and postgraduate students: An observational study

Issrani¹,

Keluskar²,

Ammanagi³

et al. 2014

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The use of computer and information technology is on an escalation. The prime purpose of the present study was to know the extent of the internet use in dentistry. There is little contemporary literature outlining the knowledge, views and attitudes of dental students regarding the use of the internet in dentistry especially in our country-India. Hence, it was decided to conduct a pilot questionnaire study regarding the internet and its use in dentistry among dental undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) students. A prospective, cross-sectional, self-designed questionnaire with questions on various aspects of usage of the internet by the dental students was circulated among the UG and PG students at two dental institutes of Belgaum, Karnataka, India at KLE Vishwanath Katti Institute of Dental Sciences and Maratha Mandal's NGH Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre. Completed questionnaires were received from 284 out of total 335 UG students and 112 out of total 196 PG students with a response rate of 84.8% and 57.14% respectively. 82.04% of UG and 87.5% of PG students had personal laptops with access to the internet, indicating easy accessibility to technology. E-mail/surfing was the most common purpose of the internet use among all the students. 77.8% of UG and 85.7% of PG students agreed that the internet use represent a threat to dentist-patient relationship. The results of this questionnaire survey can be basically taken as an eye opener which discusses various reasons for use of the internet by UG and PG students. Our study attempts to highlight that this technology is regularly used for entertainment than for academic purposes. Hence each graduating dentist should not only have a thorough knowledge of the internet, but should also be trained for literature search and this can only be accomplished by proper and compulsory training of these students for various applications of the internet in dentistry as practicing evidence-based health care might come in huge way tomorrow.

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Internet and information technology use by dental students in Chile

Cited by 32 publications

References 15 publications

Information Literacy and Use of Information Technology by Students in Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences

Information Literacy and Use of Information Technology by Students in Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences

Use of computers among students of dental college in Saudi Arabia

Knowledge, views and attitudes regarding the internet and its use in dentistry among dental undergraduate and postgraduate students: An observational study

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