Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude and Skills of Telemedicine among Health Professional Faculty Working in Teaching Hospitals
Introduction: Telemedicine is an emerging technology in health sector in India. The success of any new technology depends on many factors including the knowledge and understanding of the concept, skills acquired, attitude towards technology and working environment by the concerned professionals....
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| description | Introduction: Telemedicine is an emerging technology in health
sector in India. The success of any new technology depends
on many factors including the knowledge and understanding of
the concept, skills acquired, attitude towards technology and
working environment by the concerned professionals.
Aim: The main objective of this study was to assess the
awareness, knowledge, attitude and skills of telemedicine
among the health professionals working in the teaching hospitals
of Puducherry Region of India.
Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried
out among various healthcare professionals using a proper
sampling frame obtained from a list of teaching hospitals
located in Puducherry Union Territory, India. A total of 120
teaching faculties and practitioners from the preclinical, paraclinical and clinical departments were taken up for the study.
A pre-validated self-administered questionnaire was used for
the survey to assess the awareness, knowledge, attitude and
skills of telemedicine. The questionnaires were mailed to the
respondents and the completed questionnaires were analysed
as per the study objectives using descriptive statistics for the
quantitative data and content analysis for the qualitative data.
Results: The knowledge level of the respondents was found
to be good with 41% of the respondents, 35% possess fair
knowledge and 24% don’t have adequate knowledge of
telemedicine. With regard to the attitude towards telemedicine
39% of the respondents possess high attitude, 31% possess
moderate attitude and 30% possess low level of attitude.
Investigations on the skills of the respondents on telemedicine
showed that 19% respondents are highly skilled or experts, 25%
are moderately skilled which includes learners or beginners,
and 56% are unskilled in handling telemedicine and its related
equipments.
Conclusion: The findings of the study suggest that although
the respondents experience and knowledge are limited in
telemedicine technology a fair number of them have positive
attitude towards telemedicine. It is the need of the hour to
educate and train the teaching faculty, practicing physicians,
residents, medical students and other health professionals
about telemedicine and issues related to its use. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0a9f1ec990a4051b069eeed47140c7a2022-12-21T19:18:40ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2016-03-01103JC01JC0410.7860/JCDR/2016/19080.7431Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude and Skills of Telemedicine among Health Professional Faculty Working in Teaching HospitalsZayabalaradjane Zayapragassarazan0Santosh Kumar1Associate Professor, Department of Medical Education, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India.Senior Professor, Department of Urology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, India.Introduction: Telemedicine is an emerging technology in health sector in India. The success of any new technology depends on many factors including the knowledge and understanding of the concept, skills acquired, attitude towards technology and working environment by the concerned professionals. Aim: The main objective of this study was to assess the awareness, knowledge, attitude and skills of telemedicine among the health professionals working in the teaching hospitals of Puducherry Region of India. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out among various healthcare professionals using a proper sampling frame obtained from a list of teaching hospitals located in Puducherry Union Territory, India. A total of 120 teaching faculties and practitioners from the preclinical, paraclinical and clinical departments were taken up for the study. A pre-validated self-administered questionnaire was used for the survey to assess the awareness, knowledge, attitude and skills of telemedicine. The questionnaires were mailed to the respondents and the completed questionnaires were analysed as per the study objectives using descriptive statistics for the quantitative data and content analysis for the qualitative data. Results: The knowledge level of the respondents was found to be good with 41% of the respondents, 35% possess fair knowledge and 24% don’t have adequate knowledge of telemedicine. With regard to the attitude towards telemedicine 39% of the respondents possess high attitude, 31% possess moderate attitude and 30% possess low level of attitude. Investigations on the skills of the respondents on telemedicine showed that 19% respondents are highly skilled or experts, 25% are moderately skilled which includes learners or beginners, and 56% are unskilled in handling telemedicine and its related equipments. Conclusion: The findings of the study suggest that although the respondents experience and knowledge are limited in telemedicine technology a fair number of them have positive attitude towards telemedicine. It is the need of the hour to educate and train the teaching faculty, practicing physicians, residents, medical students and other health professionals about telemedicine and issues related to its use.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/7431/19080_CE[Ra1]_F(GH)_PF1(Ru_Om)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdftraining and curriculumutilizationmci regulationsinternship |
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| title | Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude and Skills of Telemedicine among Health Professional Faculty Working in Teaching Hospitals |
| title_full | Awareness, Knowledge, Attitude and Skills of Telemedicine among Health Professional Faculty Working in Teaching Hospitals |
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