Aravena Pedro Christian, Schulz Karen, Parra Annemarie, Perez-Rojas Francisco, Rosas Cristian, Cartes-Velásquez Ricardo
Dr. Aravena is Assistant Professor, Dental School and Institute of Anatomy, Histology, and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile; Dr. Schulz is a dentist in private clinical practice, Valdivia, Chile; Dr. Parra is a dentist in private clinical practice, Valdivia, Chile; Dr. Perez-Rojas is Assistant Professor of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Talca, Chile; Dr. Rosas is Adjunct Professor, Dental School, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile; and Dr. Cartes-Velásquez is Assistant Professor, Universidad de Concepción School of Dentistry, Concepción, Chile.
J Dent Educ. 2017 Mar;81(3):293-299.
Electronic textbooks have become available in recent decades as replacements or alternatives for print versions. The aim of this descriptive cross-sectional study was to evaluate the use of electronic versus print textbooks by Chilean dental students. The target population was students from 14 Chilean dental schools. The questionnaire was adapted and translated to Spanish from a previous survey used in a similar study. It consisted of the following variables: preferred type, type used, frequency of use, source, electronic devices used to read, and disposal after use. The use of textbooks was analyzed and compared by gender and course (p≤0.05). The final sample consisted of 3,256 students (21.38±2.5 years of age, 50.8% women). Most of the participants reported using both types of texts, with most (63.9%) preferring print over electronic texts, including significantly more women (p<0.001) and first-year students (p<0.001). Most of the participants (82.8%), more women (p<0.001), and with variations over years of study (p<0.001) reported that they printed out their electronic texts, and 91.8% kept their printed material. Most of the students used electronic books on a daily basis (47.3%) or at least twice a week (30.7%). The main source of electronic textbooks was the Internet (43.8%). A personal computer was the most widely used device for reading electronic texts (95.0%), followed by a cell phone (46.4%) and a tablet (24.5%). Overall, these Chilean dental students preferred print over electronic textbooks, despite having available electronic devices.
近几十年来，电子教科书已作为印刷版教科书的替代品或替代方案出现。本描述性横断面研究的目的是评估智利牙科学生对电子教科书和印刷版教科书的使用情况。目标人群是来自智利14所牙科学校的学生。问卷是根据之前一项类似研究中使用的调查进行改编并翻译成西班牙语的。它包括以下变量：首选类型、使用的类型、使用频率、来源、用于阅读的电子设备以及使用后的处理方式。按性别和课程对教科书的使用情况进行了分析和比较（p≤0.05）。最终样本包括3256名学生（年龄21.38±2.5岁，50.8%为女性）。大多数参与者表示两种类型的教科书都使用，其中大多数（63.9%）更喜欢印刷版教科书而非电子教科书，女性（p<0.001）和一年级学生（p<0.001）中更喜欢印刷版教科书的比例明显更高。大多数参与者（82.8%）、更多女性（p<0.001）以及不同学年的学生（p<0.001）都表示他们会将电子教科书打印出来，91.8%的人会保留他们的印刷材料。大多数学生每天（47.3%）或至少每周两次（30.7%）使用电子书。电子教科书的主要来源是互联网（43.8%）。个人电脑是阅读电子教科书使用最广泛的设备（95.0%），其次是手机（46.4%）和平板电脑（24.5%）。总体而言，尽管有电子设备可用，但这些智利牙科学生更喜欢印刷版教科书而非电子教科书。
