Department of Comprehensive Dentistry and Biomaterials, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Dentistry, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA.
J Dent Educ. 2012 May;76(5):635-40.
In two previous studies of dental students' attitudes about the VitalSource Bookshelf, a digital library of dental textbooks, students expressed negative opinions about owning and reading electronic textbooks. With the assumption that dentists would find the digital textbooks useful for patient care, the authors surveyed recent graduates to determine if their attitude toward the VitalSource Bookshelf had changed. A brief survey was sent to 119 alumni from the classes of 2009 and 2010 of one U.S. dental school. Forty-seven (39.5 percent) completed the questionnaire. Eighteen respondents (48.3 percent) reported using the e-textbooks often or sometimes. The twenty-nine dentists who said they have not used the collection since graduation reported preferring print books or other online sources or having technical problems when downloading the books to a new computer. Only five respondents selected the VitalSource Bookshelf as a preferred source of professional information. Most of the respondents reported preferring to consult colleagues (37.8 percent), the Internet (20 percent), or hardcopy books (17.8 percent) for information. When asked in an open-ended question to state their opinion of the Bookshelf, nineteen (42.2 percent) responded positively, but almost one-third of these only liked the search feature. Six respondents reported that they never use the program. Twenty-two said they have had technical problems with the Bookshelf, including fifteen who have not been able to install it on a new computer. Many of them said they have not followed up with either the dental school or VitalSource support services to overcome this problem. Our study suggests that dentists, similar to dental students, dislike reading electronic textbooks, even with the advantage of searching a topic across more than sixty dental titles.
在之前两项针对牙科学员对 VitalSource Bookshelf（一种牙科教材数字图书馆）态度的研究中，学员对拥有和阅读电子教科书表示了负面意见。由于假定牙医会发现数字教科书有益于患者护理，作者调查了最近的毕业生，以确定他们对 VitalSource Bookshelf 的态度是否有所改变。一项简短的调查被发送给了一所美国牙科学校 2009 年和 2010 年两个班级的 119 名校友。47 人（39.5%）完成了问卷。18 名受访者（48.3%）表示经常或有时使用电子教科书。29 名自毕业以来未使用该系列书籍的牙医表示更喜欢印刷书籍或其他在线资源，或者在将书籍下载到新计算机时遇到技术问题。只有 5 名受访者选择 VitalSource Bookshelf 作为首选专业信息来源。大多数受访者表示更愿意向同事（37.8%）、互联网（20%）或纸质书籍（17.8%）咨询信息。在一个开放式问题中，要求受访者对 Bookshelf 发表意见，19 人（42.2%）表示肯定，但其中近三分之一的人仅喜欢搜索功能。6 名受访者表示他们从不使用该程序。22 人报告说他们在使用 Bookshelf 时遇到技术问题，其中 15 人无法在新计算机上安装该程序。他们中的许多人表示，他们没有向牙科学校或 VitalSource 支持服务跟进以解决此问题。我们的研究表明，牙医与牙科学员一样，不喜欢阅读电子教科书，即使具有跨 60 多种牙科教材搜索主题的优势。
