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Pattern of use of the computer by nursing and medical students |
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| Item |
Student Nurses (N = 83) |
Medical students (N = 100) |
Total (N = 183) |
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| 1. Computer literacy |
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| Yes |
20 (24.1) |
58 (58) |
78 (42.6) |
| No |
63 (75.9) |
42 (42) |
105 (57.4) |
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| 2. Reasons for Computer-illiteracy. |
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| a. I don't have the time |
17 (27.0) |
21 (50.0) |
38 (36.2) |
| b. I have no access to a computer. |
44 (69.8) |
20 (47.6) |
64 (61.0) |
| 2 (1.9) |
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| c. I'm not interested |
1 (1.6) |
1 (0.9) |
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| d. No response |
1 (1.6) |
1 (2.4) |
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| 3. Types of programs used |
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| 1. Word perfect |
4 (20) |
15 (26.0) |
19 (25.6) |
| 2. Microsoft word |
11 (55) |
38 (65.5) |
49 (66.2) |
| 3. MS DOS |
1 (5) |
2 (3.4) |
3 (4.1) |
| 4. Dbase |
1 (5) |
1 (1.7) |
2 (2.7) |
| 5. Corel Draw |
1 (5) |
2 (3.4) |
1 (1.4) |
| 6. Others |
2 (10) |
1 (1.7) |
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| 4. Information sources use by Students. |
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| a. Textbooks |
14 (16.9) |
15 (15.0) |
29 (15.9) |
| b. Journals |
10 (12.0) |
7 (7.0) |
17 (8.3) |
| c. The Internet |
24 (28.9) |
65 (65.0) |
89 (48.6) |
| d. MEDLINE on CD_ROM |
14 (16.9) |
1 (1.0) |
15 (8.2) |
| e. No response |
21 (25.3) |
12 (12.0) |
33 (18.0) |
Ajuwon BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2003 3:10 doi:10.1186/1472-6947-3-10 |
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