An Assessment of Computer Use, Knowledge, and Attitudes of Diabetes Educators
Autor: | Michael B. Donnelly, Robert M. Anderson, George E Hess |
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Rok vydání: | 1992 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Record keeping Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice 050103 clinical psychology Process (engineering) Health Personnel Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Word processing 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Health Professions (miscellaneous) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Health care Diabetes Mellitus Humans Medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Health Education Aged Medical education Attitude to Computers Computer Applications business.industry Teaching 05 social sciences Middle Aged Health education Professional association business Patient education |
Zdroj: | The Diabetes Educator. 18:40-46 |
ISSN: | 1554-6063 0145-7217 |
DOI: | 10.1177/014572179201800107 |
Popis: | A questionnaire to survey attitudes, use, and knowledge of computers was sent to 816 randomly selected members of AADE to determine the degree to which currently available computer resources are used in diabetes education and to investigate the need for future computing resources designed to support diabetes education. Analysis of the data showed that even diabetes educators who use computers infrequently have a generally favorable attitude toward them. Highest use of computers is in noneducational applications, mostly for word processing and record keeping. Most respondents believe that computers have yet to make a major contribution to the teaching and learning process in diabetes education, and few felt adequately prepared for creative use or development of computer applications. Increasing the role of computers in support of patient education will require encouragement and demonstrations of computer efficacy from health care institutions and professional organizations. |
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