Institute of Public Health, Department of Health Informatics, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2013 Mar 3;13:31. doi: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-31.
Despite the relatively huge ICT investment and policy deployment in higher institutions in Ethiopia, there is still scant information about the success of implementation of the Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the higher education. This study, therefore, was carried out with an aim to assess knowledge and utilization of Information Communication Technology (ICT) among medicine and health science students and its associated factors in Gondar College of Medicine and Health sciences, University of Gondar.
A cross-sectional study was conducted at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Ethiopia. Data regarding socio-demographic characteristics of the students, level of knowledge and utilization of ICT were collected by means of a self-administered questionnaire. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 13.
A total of 1096 students responded giving a response rate of 97.8%. The mean age of the study participants was 20.3 (±1. 3) years. Females constitute only 26% of the respondents. The majority (79%) were fulltime students. Only half of the respondents (51%) had ICT knowledge and only 46% students utilized ICT while 47% of the respondents never used electronic communication (e.g. email or chat room) and 39% of the respondents never used Microsoft office (e.g. word (®) or WordPerfect (®)). ICT knowledge [AOR = 2.5, 95% CI: 1.7-3.5], family educational background [AOR = 4.36, 95% CI: 2.16-8.80], and perceived quality of training [AOR = 1.9, 95% CI: 1.3-2.8] showed strong and positive associations with ICT utilization. Students from urban areas were more likely to utilize ICT compared with those from rural areas [AOR = 2.7, 95% CI: 2.097, 3.497], and information technology training was found to be positively associated with ICT utilization [AOR = 2. 07, 95% CI: 1.18, 3.62].
The result showed that students' knowledge was inadequate and utilization of ICT was poor. Therefore, the university should sustain professional development to improve teaching, to raise student performance and equip the college with student centered ICT computer labs to increase students' ICT utilization.
尽管埃塞俄比亚高校在信息通信技术（ICT）方面进行了大量的投资和政策部署，但关于高等教育中 ICT 实施成功的信息仍然很少。因此，本研究旨在评估贡德尔大学医学院和健康科学学院医学生对信息通信技术（ICT）的知识和利用情况及其相关因素。
本研究采用横断面研究方法，在埃塞俄比亚贡德尔大学医学院和健康科学学院进行。通过自填式问卷收集学生的社会人口统计学特征、ICT 知识水平和利用情况等数据。采用 SPSS 版本 13 进行数据分析。
共有 1096 名学生做出了回应，回应率为 97.8%。研究参与者的平均年龄为 20.3（±1.3）岁。女生仅占受访者的 26%。大多数（79%）是全日制学生。只有一半的受访者（51%）有 ICT 知识，只有 46%的学生使用 ICT，而 47%的受访者从未使用过电子通信（如电子邮件或聊天室），39%的受访者从未使用过 Microsoft Office（如 word（®）或 WordPerfect（®））。ICT 知识[优势比（AOR）=2.5，95%置信区间（CI）：1.7-3.5]、家庭教育背景[AOR=4.36，95%CI：2.16-8.80]和感知培训质量[AOR=1.9，95%CI：1.3-2.8]与 ICT 利用呈强正相关。与来自农村地区的学生相比，来自城市地区的学生更有可能利用 ICT[AOR=2.7，95%CI：2.097，3.497]，并且信息技术培训与 ICT 利用呈正相关[AOR=2.07，95%CI：1.18，3.62]。
研究结果表明，学生的知识水平不足，ICT 的利用程度较差。因此，大学应持续开展专业发展，以改善教学，提高学生成绩，并为学院配备以学生为中心的 ICT 计算机实验室，以增加学生对 ICT 的利用。
