A survey of the use of electronic scientific information resources among medical and dental students.

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Autor/Urheber	Aarnio Matti; Romanov Kalle
Institution	BMC
Titel	A survey of the use of electronic scientific information resources among medical and dental students.
Quelle	In: doi:10.1186/1472-6920-6-28; 1472-6920; BMC Medical Education, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 28 (2006)(2006) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.1186/1472-6920-6-28
Schlagwörter	Special aspects of education
Abstract	Abstract Background To evaluate medical and dental students' utilization of electronic information resources. Methods A web survey sent to 837 students (49.9% responded). Results Twenty-four per cent of medical students and ninteen per cent of dental students searched MEDLINE 2+ times/month for study purposes, and thiry-two per cent and twenty-four per cent respectively for research. Full-text articles were used 2+ times/month by thirty-three per cent of medical and ten per cent of dental students. Twelve per cent of respondents never utilized either MEDLINE or full-text articles. In multivariate models, the information-searching skills among students were significantly associated with use of MEDLINE and full-text articles. Conclusion Use of electronic resources differs among students. Forty percent were non-users of full-text articles. Information-searching skills are correlated with the use of electronic resources, but the level of basic PC skills plays not a major role in using these resources. The student data shows that adequate training in information-searching skills will increase the use of electronic information resources.
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