Ownership of computers and abilities for their use in a sample of Chilean medical students

Computer skills are valuable assets for medical students. A survey was conducted among the 283 students of the University of Chile Medical School at the East Campus and 90% answered the survey. Of these, 75% own a computer at home; 4% declared not to have access to computers at all. The proportion o...

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Published in:Medical teacher 2000, Vol.22 (2), p.197-199
Main Author: Herskovic, A. Vasquez, J. Herskovic, V. Herskovic, A. Roizen, M. T. Urrutia, C. Miranda, M. Beytia, P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to Computers
Chile
Computer Use
Computers
Factors
Females
Gender Differences
Health education
Males
Medical Schools
Medical Students
Ownership
Required Courses
Statistical Significance
Students
Use
Word Processing
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Summary:Computer skills are valuable assets for medical students. A survey was conducted among the 283 students of the University of Chile Medical School at the East Campus and 90% answered the survey. Of these, 75% own a computer at home; 4% declared not to have access to computers at all. The proportion of students that declared having the computer skills that were included in the survey were: word processing (94%), Medline search on the Internet (52%), spreadsheet (48%), and email (43%). A significantly larger proportion of male medical students rated themselves as able to perform Medline searches and communicate via email. Ownership of a computer is related to better abilities. There is a need to improve the computer use skills of our medical students.
ISSN:0142-159X
1466-187X
DOI:10.1080/01421590078652