PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE

Objective: To determine the pattern of internet and medical application usage among medical students, their perceptions towards these resources, and the subsequent challenges that emerge. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital Lahore Medica...

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Autores principales:	Hajra Omar, Shehla Baqai, Saima Qamar, Humaira Osman Jaffery, Omar Zafar, Muhammad Ashraf Chaudhry
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Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2020
Materias:	education internet medical application medical student Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5959d5df04ef4d77a4a5335901115a962021-12-02T19:18:21ZPERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/5959d5df04ef4d77a4a5335901115a962020-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/5545https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To determine the pattern of internet and medical application usage among medical students, their perceptions towards these resources, and the subsequent challenges that emerge. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital Lahore Medical College, from May to Nov 2018. Methodology: After taking consent, data was collected from 260 students through self-administrated questionnaire by convenience sampling. The data was analysed using SPSS version 20.0. Results: All participants had access to the internet, and 98% had access to a smartphone. Daily internet usage was observed in 92.9% participants, with 29% of them using it for more than 5 hours per day and an equal number of students utilizing it for 3-4 hours per day. Textbooks were the favoured resource for looking up medical information (85.5%). Medical applications were used by 43.1% of the study subjects. Out of all the apps and websites assessed in the study Google was the most used 215 (84.3%) followed by Wikipedia 187 (73.3%), Web MD 153 (60%), Meds cape 121 (47.5%), Pub Med 61 (23.9%), and Google scholar 42 (16.5%). Most participants (42.2%) were either uncomfortable or very uncomfortable with using medical applications in front of patients. Most students believed discouragement from teachers led to decrease application usage. Conclusion: Internet and smartphone usage was found widespread among medical students. While students view medical applications favourably, there was hesitance in using them in classroom and clinical settings.Hajra OmarShehla BaqaiSaima QamarHumaira Osman JafferyOmar ZafarMuhammad Ashraf ChaudhryArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticleeducationinternetmedical applicationmedical studentMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 70, Iss 5, Pp 1256-1260 (2020)
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spellingShingle	education internet medical application medical student Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Hajra Omar Shehla Baqai Saima Qamar Humaira Osman Jaffery Omar Zafar Muhammad Ashraf Chaudhry PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE
description	Objective: To determine the pattern of internet and medical application usage among medical students, their perceptions towards these resources, and the subsequent challenges that emerge. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital Lahore Medical College, from May to Nov 2018. Methodology: After taking consent, data was collected from 260 students through self-administrated questionnaire by convenience sampling. The data was analysed using SPSS version 20.0. Results: All participants had access to the internet, and 98% had access to a smartphone. Daily internet usage was observed in 92.9% participants, with 29% of them using it for more than 5 hours per day and an equal number of students utilizing it for 3-4 hours per day. Textbooks were the favoured resource for looking up medical information (85.5%). Medical applications were used by 43.1% of the study subjects. Out of all the apps and websites assessed in the study Google was the most used 215 (84.3%) followed by Wikipedia 187 (73.3%), Web MD 153 (60%), Meds cape 121 (47.5%), Pub Med 61 (23.9%), and Google scholar 42 (16.5%). Most participants (42.2%) were either uncomfortable or very uncomfortable with using medical applications in front of patients. Most students believed discouragement from teachers led to decrease application usage. Conclusion: Internet and smartphone usage was found widespread among medical students. While students view medical applications favourably, there was hesitance in using them in classroom and clinical settings.
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author	Hajra Omar Shehla Baqai Saima Qamar Humaira Osman Jaffery Omar Zafar Muhammad Ashraf Chaudhry
author_facet	Hajra Omar Shehla Baqai Saima Qamar Humaira Osman Jaffery Omar Zafar Muhammad Ashraf Chaudhry
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title	PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE
title_short	PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE
title_full	PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE
title_fullStr	PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE
title_full_unstemmed	PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE
title_sort	perception & utilization of internet & medical applications by students at combined military hospital lahore medical college
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/5959d5df04ef4d77a4a5335901115a96
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PERCEPTION & UTILIZATION OF INTERNET & MEDICAL APPLICATIONS BY STUDENTS AT COMBINED MILITARY HOSPITAL LAHORE MEDICAL COLLEGE

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