Ali Ayatollahi, MSc Student of Optometry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran.
Jamshid Ayatollahi, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Pak J Med Sci. 2014 Sep;30(5):1054-8. doi: 10.12669/pjms.305.5355.
Although computer technologies are now widely used in medicine, little is known about its use among medical students in Iran. The aim of this study was to determine the competence and access to computer and internet among the medical students.
In this descriptive study, medical students of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science, Yazd, Iran from the fifth years were asked to answer a questionnaire during a time-tabled lecture slot. The chi-square test was used to compare the frequency of computer and internet use between the two genders, and the level of statistical significance for all test was set at 0.05.
All the students have a personal computer and internet access. There were no statistically significant differences between men and women for the computer and internet access, use wireless device to access internet, having laptop and e-mail address and the difficulties encountered using internet. The main reason for less utilization of internet was slow speed of data transfer.
Because of the wide range of computer skills and internet information among medical students in our institution, a single computer and internet course for all students would not be useful nor would it be accepted.
尽管计算机技术现在已广泛应用于医学领域，但对于伊朗医学生对其的使用情况却知之甚少。本研究旨在确定医学生的计算机使用能力和互联网访问情况。
在这项描述性研究中，伊朗亚兹德沙希德·苏多希医科大学的五年级医学生在安排好的讲座时间内被要求回答一份问卷。使用卡方检验比较了男女生之间计算机和互联网使用的频率，所有检验的统计显著性水平均设定为 0.05。
所有学生都拥有个人电脑和互联网接入。男生和女生在计算机和互联网接入、使用无线设备访问互联网、拥有笔记本电脑和电子邮件地址以及使用互联网时遇到的困难方面没有统计学上的显著差异。互联网使用较少的主要原因是数据传输速度较慢。
由于我们机构的医学生具有广泛的计算机技能和互联网信息，因此为所有学生开设单一的计算机和互联网课程既没有用处也不会被接受。
