Medical student Internet usage: is the literature correct to call it addiction? An opinion piece
Over the past few years, there has been a sharp rise in the number of academic articles examining “Internet addiction” among medical students. This opinion piece views the Internet as a communication environment and a medical information tool within medical education. Within this context, the paper...
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| description | Over the past few years, there has been a sharp rise in the number of academic articles examining “Internet addiction” among medical students. This opinion piece views the Internet as a communication environment and a medical information tool within medical education. Within this context, the paper investigates the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and criteria used in those articles, and questions their assumptions and conclusions. It then argues that what is often viewed as “addiction” may actually be dedication to work. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e10c1a0b661448788298d3754028f3eb2022-12-21T22:40:16ZdeuGerman Medical Science GMS Publishing HouseGMS Journal for Medical Education2366-50172020-11-01376Doc5810.3205/zma001351Medical student Internet usage: is the literature correct to call it addiction? An opinion pieceMasters, Ken0Herrmann-Werner, Anne1Sultan Qaboos University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Medical Education and Informatics Department, Muscat, OmanUniversity Hospital Tübingen, Medical Department VI/Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Tübingen, GermanyOver the past few years, there has been a sharp rise in the number of academic articles examining “Internet addiction” among medical students. This opinion piece views the Internet as a communication environment and a medical information tool within medical education. Within this context, the paper investigates the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and criteria used in those articles, and questions their assumptions and conclusions. It then argues that what is often viewed as “addiction” may actually be dedication to work.http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/zma/2020-37/zma001351.shtmlmedical studentsinternet addictioncommunication |
| spellingShingle | Masters, Ken Herrmann-Werner, Anne Medical student Internet usage: is the literature correct to call it addiction? An opinion piece GMS Journal for Medical Education medical students internet addiction communication |
| title | Medical student Internet usage: is the literature correct to call it addiction? An opinion piece |
| title_full | Medical student Internet usage: is the literature correct to call it addiction? An opinion piece |
| title_fullStr | Medical student Internet usage: is the literature correct to call it addiction? An opinion piece |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medical student Internet usage: is the literature correct to call it addiction? An opinion piece |
| title_short | Medical student Internet usage: is the literature correct to call it addiction? An opinion piece |
| title_sort | medical student internet usage is the literature correct to call it addiction an opinion piece |
| topic | medical students internet addiction communication |
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