Knowledge And Use Of Electronic Information Resources Among Dental And Nursing Students In Ghaziabad – A Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of the Indian Dental Association Pub Date : 2021-10-24 DOI:10.33882/jida.15.30103

M. Kumari, Ananthalekshmy Rajeev

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Introduction: E-resources are boons to the medical students in their busy schedule. These e-resources are appropriate to use, accessible at a reasonable price and can be retrieved from anywhere by many users at the same time.Resources and information regarding dental product, continuing education, online catalogs, etc have resulted in making Internet increasingly popular in dentistry.The present study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge and use of electronic resources among Dental and Nursing students in Ghaziabad. Methodology:The present study was conducted in Ghaziabad district among 400 medical students (200 dental and 200 nursing students) whom were selected using random sampling techniques.The data were compiled and tabulated in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and were subjected to descriptive analysis using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software (SPSS) 21.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Results:In the present study, 25% of students were first years, 16.25% were second years, 21.75% were third years, 11.5% were fourth years and the rest 25.5% were interns. 96% dental and 94.5% nursing students in this study were aware of e-databases. Almost 43.75% heard about PubMed, 13% about Medline plus and 4.75% about web of science databases but only 22.5% dental and 11.5% nursing students used PubMed while 6%dental and 4.5%nursing students used Medline plus. Conclusion:The present study concludes that there is an inadequacy of knowledge about e-databases among both the dental and nursing students in Ghaziabad. Keywords: Awareness, Dental students, Electronic Databases, Knowledge, Nursing students

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Ghaziabad地区牙科和护理专业学生对电子信息资源的知识和使用——一项横断面研究

电子资源是医学生在百忙之中的福音。这些电子资源适合使用，价格合理，并且可以由许多用户同时从任何地方检索。关于牙科产品、继续教育、在线目录等方面的资源和信息使得互联网在牙科领域越来越受欢迎。本研究旨在评估加济阿巴德市牙科和护理专业学生对电子资源的了解和使用情况。方法:本研究在Ghaziabad地区采用随机抽样技术，对400名医科学生(200名牙科学生和200名护理学生)进行了研究。数据在Microsoft Excel电子表格中进行汇编和制表，并使用社会科学统计软件包(SPSS) 21.0 (SPSS Inc.， Chicago, IL, USA)进行描述性分析。结果:本研究中，一年级学生占25%，二年级学生占16.25%，三年级学生占21.75%，四年级学生占11.5%，其余25.5%为实习生。96%的牙科学生和94.5%的护理专业学生了解电子数据库。大约43.75%的人听说过PubMed, 13%的人听说过Medline plus, 4.75%的人听说过web of science数据库，但只有22.5%的牙科和11.5%的护理专业学生使用PubMed，而6%的牙科和4.5%的护理专业学生使用Medline plus。结论:Ghaziabad地区的牙科和护理专业学生对电子数据库的了解不足。关键词:意识，牙科学生，电子数据库，知识，护生

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