Khatoon B, Hill K B, Walmsley A D
School of Dentistry, St Chad's Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6NN.
Br Dent J. 2014 Jun;216(12):669-73. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.523.
The aim of this study was to understand how new mobile technologies, such as smartphones and laptops, are used by dental students.
A questionnaire was distributed to undergraduate dental students from years 1 to 4, at the University of Birmingham Dental School. Questionnaires were completed between February and April 2013.
Two hundred and seventy questionnaires were completed. Laptops 55% (145) and smartphones 34% (88) were the most popular choice of device for connecting to the net and searching information. Laptops were preferred in first and second year. Students in year 3 preferred mobile phones, and by year 4 the use of mobile phones and laptops was similar. The top two application ideas chosen by students as the most useful on their smart phones were a dictionary for dental education (56%) and multiple choice questions (50%). Students who chose smartphones as their first choice or second choice of device strongly agreed that having the Internet on their smartphones had a positive impact on their dental education (55%). With laptops (48%), students preferred to be at home when using them while for smartphones (31%) they used them anywhere with a connection. E-mail (47%) and social networks (44%) were the top two Internet communication tools used most on laptops. Instant messaging was popular on smartphones (17%).
Depending on the year in the course, laptops and smartphones are the most popular choice of device and desktop computers are the least popular. Applications on smartphones are very popular and instant messaging is an upcoming form of communication for students.
本研究旨在了解牙科学生如何使用智能手机和笔记本电脑等新型移动技术。
向伯明翰大学牙科学院1至4年级的本科牙科学生发放问卷。问卷于2013年2月至4月间完成。
共完成270份问卷。笔记本电脑（55%，即145份）和智能手机（34%，即88份）是连接网络和搜索信息时最受欢迎的设备选择。一年级和二年级学生更倾向于使用笔记本电脑。三年级学生更喜欢手机，到四年级时，手机和笔记本电脑的使用情况相近。学生们认为智能手机上最有用的前两个应用想法是牙科教育词典（56%）和多项选择题（50%）。将智能手机作为首选或次选设备的学生强烈认同手机上网对他们的牙科教育有积极影响（55%）。使用笔记本电脑时（48%），学生更喜欢在家中使用，而使用智能手机时（31%），他们在有网络连接的任何地方都使用。电子邮件（47%）和社交网络（44%）是笔记本电脑上使用最多的前两种互联网通信工具。即时通讯在智能手机上很受欢迎（17%）。
根据课程所在年级，笔记本电脑和智能手机是最受欢迎的设备选择，台式电脑最不受欢迎。智能手机上的应用非常受欢迎，即时通讯是学生中一种新兴的交流形式。
