一所私立医学院校的医学生对智能手机和医学应用程序学术用途的认知情况？

Awareness of academic use of smartphones and medical apps among medical students in a private medical college?

作者信息

Shah Jehanzaib, Haq Usman, Bashir Ali, Shah Syed Aslam

机构信息

Department of Orthopedics, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

3rd Year Medical Student, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

出版信息

J Pak Med Assoc. 2016 Feb;66(2):184-6.

PMID:26819165

Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To assess the awareness of medical apps and academic use of smartphones among medical students.

METHODS

The questionnaire-based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in January 2015 and comprised medical students of the Rawal Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan. The self-designed questionnaire was reviewed by a panel of expert for content reliability and validity. Questionnaires were distributed in the classrooms and were filled by the students anonymously. SPSS 16 was used for statistical analysis.

RESULTS

Among the 569 medical students in the study, 545 (95.8%) had smartphones and 24(4.2%) were using simple cell phones. Overall, 226(41.46%) of the smart phone users were using some medical apps. Besides, 137(24.08%) were aware of the medical apps but were not using them. Also, 391(71.7%) students were not using any type of medical text eBooks through their phone, and only 154(28.3%) had relevant text eBooks in their phones.

CONCLUSIONS

Medical college students were using smartphones mostly as a means of telecommunication rather than a gadget for improving medical knowledge.

摘要

目的

评估医学生对医学应用程序的认知度以及智能手机在学术方面的使用情况。

方法

2015年1月开展了基于问卷调查的描述性横断面研究，研究对象为巴基斯坦伊斯兰堡拉瓦尔健康科学研究所的医学生。自行设计的问卷经专家小组审核，以确保内容的可靠性和有效性。问卷在课堂上发放，由学生匿名填写。使用SPSS 16进行统计分析。

结果

在参与研究的569名医学生中，545人（95.8%）拥有智能手机，24人（4.2%）使用普通手机。总体而言，226名（41.46%）智能手机用户正在使用一些医学应用程序。此外，137人（24.08%）知晓医学应用程序但未使用。还有，391名（71.7%）学生未通过手机使用任何类型的医学文本电子书，只有154人（28.3%）手机中有相关文本电子书。