Trends in First-Year Dental Students' Information Technology Knowledge and Use: Results from a U.S. Dental School in 2009, 2012, and 2017
Autor: | Mark Scarbecz, Edward J. DeSchepper |
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Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
Information management
Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice 020205 medical informatics Higher education media_common.quotation_subject education Students Dental 02 engineering and technology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Humans Computer Security media_common Retrospective Studies Response rate (survey) Medical education Internet business.industry Information technology 030206 dentistry General Medicine Tennessee Feeling Informatics Survey data collection Schools Dental Learning Management Female Smartphone business Psychology Information Technology |
Zdroj: | Journal of dental education. 82(12) |
ISSN: | 1930-7837 |
Popis: | Dental students must be skilled in the use and application of information technology (IT), but there are few studies of IT use and knowledge among U.S. dental students. The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyze survey data regarding IT use and knowledge collected from first-year dental students at one U.S. dental school in 2009, 2012, and 2017. Data were collected from an anonymous survey of these students as part of a D1 course called Informatics and Evaluation of Dental Literature. All students participated in the survey each year, for a response rate of 100%. Annual numbers of participants were 80 (2009), 90 (2012), and 97 (2017), for a total 267 respondents. The students reported that they frequently accessed Internet resources multiple times per day and that frequency of use had increased over time, principally from access via smartphones. These students reported feeling comfortable with higher education IT applications such as learning management systems and computerized testing. However, despite their frequent IT use, the students reported low levels of knowledge about IT security, and the three years of survey data showed that IT security knowledge had declined over time. These findings have implications for dental educators, including the need for methods for training students to protect their personal data and that of their patients. |
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