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 inMedical teacher Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 197 - 199
Main Author Herskovic, A. Vasquez, J. Herskovic, V. Herskovic, A. Roizen, M. T. Urrutia, C. Miranda, M. Beytia, P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Informa UK Ltd 2000
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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
Chile
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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.
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ISSN:0142-159X
1466-187X
DOI:10.1080/01421590078652