The Use of Computer by Medical Students in Chennai, India

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Jha P, Paul L, Ojha P, Sen S, Sinha N
(Final year students Bachelors of Hospital Administration, Institute of Management Studies, Devi Ahilya University, Indore)
(Survey done for Medical Computer Society of India in 2003)

TABLES & GRAPHS


TABLE III -A : INTERNET USAGE AMONG UG & PG MEDICAL STUDENTS (in percentage)


  Use all time Use occ Use rarely Never Use
1) How often do you use computers? 1 2 3 4
2) What do you use your computer for? 1 2 3 4
a) Chat 1 2 3 4
b) For research 1 2 3 4
c) To find conferences 1 2 3 4
d) To look for news 1 2 3 4
e) To look for other reasons 1 2 3 4
3) How often do you use Internet to surf? 1 2 3 4

TABLE IV: TECHNICAL AND ADVANCED COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE OF UG & PG MEDICAL STUDENTS (in percentage)


     None Fair Avg Good Excellent
I. Keyboard Skills 1 2 3 4 5
II. Word Processing 1 2 3 4 5
III. Databases 1 2 3 4 5
IV. Spreadsheets  1 2 3 4 5
V. Electronic mail 1 2 3 4 5
VI. Internet 1 2 3 4 5
VI. Specialized Programming 1 2 3 4 5
VI. Operating systems (IBM,UNIX etc) 1 2 3 4 5

TABLE II-B: BASIC COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE OF UG & PG MEDICAL STUDENTS (in percentage)


Q.no Questions None Fair Avg Good Excellent
I. Setting up databases and managing the data 1 2 3 4 5
II. Online searching and downloading information from CDs and /or the Internet 1 2 3 4 5
III. Indexing and classifying information using computers 1 2 3 4 5
IV. Installing software  1 2 3 4 5
V. Troubleshooting hardware /software problem 1 2 3 4 5
VI. How has computer changed the efficiency of your career / work ? 1 2 3 4 5
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