Use of the Internet Among Dental Students in Turkey

Kömerik, Nurgül

doi:10.1002/j.0022-0337.2005.69.4.tb03935.x

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“…However, findings from the present study would indicate that students had computers available and access to the Internet was common. However, in the present survey and consistent with other studies on dental students (5, 8, 15), most of the respondents do not fully use ICT for learning purposes or to search information relevant to their studies or profession. On the other hand, Virtanen and Nieminen (9) reported that 80% of students used Medline.…”

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Internet and information technology use by dental students in Chile

Uribe

Mariño

2006

Eur J Dental Education

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As part of a larger cross-country survey of dental students, students from the School of Dentistry, The University of Valparaiso, were invited to participate in a study to describe their use of information and communication technology (ICT). Information was derived from a 124-item questionnaire which included 14 socio-demographic items and 29 items asking about ICT use. ICT items were derived from a University of Birmingham, UK, battery. Data was collected in July and August 2004. A total of 162 of the 249 dental students participated in the study. The average age of students was 21.0 years (SD 2.4 years). The majority of participants (62.1%) were female. All participants had access to a computer, and 96.4% used the Internet. Most students had home Internet connections (73.4%). The most commonly used Internet sites on at least a weekly basis were: email (92.2%); and search engines (88.3%). However, a very few (21.1%) used the Internet to search for dental information for their studies on at least a weekly basis. Furthermore, although the majority (70.4%) found Internet use easy/very easy, 56.2% indicated that any search for information was easy/very easy. The majority (72.2%) indicated that the use of virtual education would not affect their class attendance. The final multivariate model explained 26% of the variance in ICT use, significant predictors for ICT use were gender, year of study, level of difficulty in using Internet, and place of Internet use. However, Internet use was mostly for non-dental purposes.

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Internet and information technology use by dental students in Chile

Uribe

Mariño

2006

Eur J Dental Education

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“…Students of clinical years used internet and Medline for their studies more than pre-clinical students which were similar to the previous studies (Kumar et al, 2009;Rajab and Baqain, 2005). The use of full-text journal articles and Medline increased moderately toward the end of the course which was comparable to the studies in Turkey and Finland (Komerik, 2005;Romanov and Aarnio, 2006). This could be due to students' involvement in research activities, more intensive clinical practice, and getting familiar with the use of information resources at the end of their study years.…”

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Utilization of electronic scientific information resources among undergraduate dental students in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Shetty¹,

Ghamdi²,

Amer³

2015

J. Dent. Oral Hyg.

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This study aimed to evaluate undergraduate dental students' utilization of electronic scientific information resources and to identify the specific trends found among students at different years of study. A cross-sectional web survey of all undergraduate dental students in Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy was conducted. Descriptive analysis was undertaken and differences between groups were examined using Chi-square test. A response rate of 40.5% (n = 740) was achieved. 44% of the respondents used Medline for study purpose and 47.8% for research. 56.1% used full-text journal articles online for both study and research purpose. Only 25.9% searched Medline at least 1 to 7 times/month for study purpose and 22.2% for research. 42% used full-text journal articles at least 1 to 7 times/month for both study and research purpose. Clinical students were more likely to use full-text journal articles for study and research and female students were more likely to use Medline for research (p < 0.05). A majority of the respondents were non-users of Medline. The use of Medline and full-text journal articles increased moderately toward the end of the study. Training dental students in effective information searching and including the use of full-text articles in the dental curriculum will increase the use of electronic scientific resources.

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“…Study in turkey reported males to be using internet more than females. Report from US states that the disparity in knowledge about computers between males and females diminished between 1990 and 1993 (15). Indian female dental students are performing as good as their US counterpart with respect to be equal to males in the computer use.…”

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Computer Use Among Post Graduate Dental Students in India

Gupta¹,

Gupta²,

Ankola³

et al. 2014

Journal of Oral Health and Community Dentistry

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Objective: Computers have become an integral component of dentistry finding application in both patient care and dental education. Few studies have been conducted to assess the use of computers in the field of dentistry in India. The present study was conducted to assess the knowledge, skills, practice and attitudes of post graduate dental students towards the use of computers in dentistry. Subjects and Methods: A self administered questionnaire was distributed among the post graduate dental students of KLE University, Belgaum, India. 68 out of 82 students responded, the data was analyzed and represented as frequency and percentage. Results: Most of the students acquired knowledge about computer through informal training. Internet use was very high among the students. They could perform basic operations on computer but faced problem in some advanced functions like hardware maintenance, software installation, use of spreadsheets and photo editing. 73.5% used computer in both home and college. More than 75% owned their own computer. Only 41.2% felt they were well trained to use computers. More than 90% believed that computer education should be a part of dental curriculum. Conclusion: Though computers in being extensively used by the post graduate dental students, they lack formal training and feel the need for the same. Computer training will be helpful in creating better dental professionals.

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Use of the Internet Among Dental Students in Turkey

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Internet and information technology use by dental students in Chile

Internet and information technology use by dental students in Chile

Utilization of electronic scientific information resources among undergraduate dental students in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Computer Use Among Post Graduate Dental Students in India

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