Lotrean Lucia Maria, Sabo Simina Antonia
Department of Community Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400347 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Jun 13;11(12):1731. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11121731.
This study focuses on medical students from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and has three objectives. First, it evaluates the opinions of medical students regarding their previous training as well as their needs for future training in the field of digital health. Second, it assesses their attitudes regarding digital health and their intention to use digital tools as physicians. Lastly, the interrelationship between these issues as well as the socio-demographic factors which influence them are investigated.
A cross-sectional survey was performed during June-August 2021 among fifth and sixth year students of the Faculty of Medicine from the Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Anonymous online questionnaires were used which were filled in by 306 students.
Less than half of the participating students declared that they benefited from training or different practical examples during medical education regarding the use of digital tools in different medical areas, while the majority said that they would like to receive more training in the field of digital health. A total of 58.2% said that they totally agree with the introduction of a formal training in the medical curricula regarding digital health. Many students declared positive attitudes toward the use of digital tools in different domains within the medical field and intention to use digital tools as physicians; several differences were noted, including gender, year of study, type of domain, and previous training with regard to the use of digital tools in those domains. Moreover, the need for future training and the desire for the introduction of a formal training program into the medical curricula with regard to this field were stronger among those with more positive attitudes and higher intentions to use digital tools in their medical activity.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study from Romania which investigated the training, attitudes, and intentions regarding the use of digital health among Romanian medical students, and offers valuable information to guide the education of medical students.
本研究聚焦于罗马尼亚克卢日-纳波卡医科药科大学的医学生，有三个目标。其一，评估医学生对其先前培训的看法以及他们在数字健康领域未来培训的需求。其二，评估他们对数字健康的态度以及作为医生使用数字工具的意愿。最后，研究这些问题之间的相互关系以及影响它们的社会人口因素。
2021年6月至8月期间，对罗马尼亚克卢日-纳波卡市尤利乌·哈蒂根努医科药科大学医学院五年级和六年级学生进行了横断面调查。使用了匿名在线问卷，由306名学生填写。
不到一半的参与学生表示，他们在医学教育期间从关于在不同医学领域使用数字工具的培训或不同实际案例中受益，而大多数学生表示他们希望在数字健康领域接受更多培训。共有58.2%的学生表示他们完全同意在医学课程中引入关于数字健康的正规培训。许多学生对在医学领域不同领域使用数字工具表示积极态度，并打算作为医生使用数字工具；注意到了一些差异，包括性别、学习年份、领域类型以及在这些领域使用数字工具的先前培训情况。此外，在医学活动中对使用数字工具态度更积极且意愿更高的学生，对未来培训的需求以及在该领域将正规培训计划引入医学课程的愿望更强。
据我们所知，这是罗马尼亚第一项调查罗马尼亚医学生在数字健康使用方面的培训、态度和意愿的研究，并为指导医学生教育提供了有价值的信息。
