PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE
Objective: To determine the pattern of internet and medical application usage among medical students, their perceptions towards these resources, and the subsequent challenges that emerge. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital Lahore Medica...
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| author | Hajra Omar Shehla Baqai Saima Qamar Humaira Osman Jaffery Omar Zafar Muhammad Ashraf Chaudhry |
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| description | Objective: To determine the pattern of internet and medical application usage among medical students, their perceptions towards these resources, and the subsequent challenges that emerge.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital Lahore Medical College, from May to Nov 2018.
Methodology: After taking consent, data was collected from 260 students through self-administrated questionnaire by convenience sampling. The data was analysed using SPSS version 20.0.
Results: All participants had access to the internet, and 98% had access to a smartphone. Daily internet usage was observed in 92.9% participants, with 29% of them using it for more than 5 hours per day and an equal number of students utilizing it for 3-4 hours per day. Textbooks were the favoured resource for looking up medical information (85.5%). Medical applications were used by 43.1% of the study subjects. Out of all the apps and websites assessed in the study Google was the most used 215 (84.3%) followed by Wikipedia 187 (73.3%), Web MD 153 (60%), Meds cape 121 (47.5%), Pub Med 61 (23.9%), and Google scholar 42 (16.5%). Most participants (42.2%) were either uncomfortable or very uncomfortable with using medical applications in front of patients. Most students believed discouragement from teachers led to decrease application usage.
Conclusion: Internet and smartphone usage was found widespread among medical students. While students view medical applications favourably, there was hesitance in using them in classroom and clinical settings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-32bcf0f04fcc42968bd6b401e6ab785c2022-12-21T20:38:21ZengArmy Medical College RawalpindiPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal0030-96482411-88422020-10-0170512561260PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGEHajra Omar0Shehla Baqai1Saima Qamar2Humaira Osman Jaffery3Omar Zafar4Muhammad Ashraf Chaudhry5CMH Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) PakistanCMH Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) PakistanCMH Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) PakistanCMH Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) PakistanArmed Forces Institute of Ophthalmology/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) Rawalpindi PakistanCMH Lahore Medical and Dental College, Lahore/National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) PakistanObjective: To determine the pattern of internet and medical application usage among medical students, their perceptions towards these resources, and the subsequent challenges that emerge. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital Lahore Medical College, from May to Nov 2018. Methodology: After taking consent, data was collected from 260 students through self-administrated questionnaire by convenience sampling. The data was analysed using SPSS version 20.0. Results: All participants had access to the internet, and 98% had access to a smartphone. Daily internet usage was observed in 92.9% participants, with 29% of them using it for more than 5 hours per day and an equal number of students utilizing it for 3-4 hours per day. Textbooks were the favoured resource for looking up medical information (85.5%). Medical applications were used by 43.1% of the study subjects. Out of all the apps and websites assessed in the study Google was the most used 215 (84.3%) followed by Wikipedia 187 (73.3%), Web MD 153 (60%), Meds cape 121 (47.5%), Pub Med 61 (23.9%), and Google scholar 42 (16.5%). Most participants (42.2%) were either uncomfortable or very uncomfortable with using medical applications in front of patients. Most students believed discouragement from teachers led to decrease application usage. Conclusion: Internet and smartphone usage was found widespread among medical students. While students view medical applications favourably, there was hesitance in using them in classroom and clinical settings.https://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/5545/2948educationinternetmedical application |
| spellingShingle | Hajra Omar Shehla Baqai Saima Qamar Humaira Osman Jaffery Omar Zafar Muhammad Ashraf Chaudhry PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal education internet medical application |
| title | PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE |
| title_full | PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE |
| title_fullStr | PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE |
| title_full_unstemmed | PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE |
| title_short | PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE |
| title_sort | perception utilization of internet medical applications by students at combined military hospital lahore medical college |
| topic | education internet medical application |
| url | https://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/5545/2948 |
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