ASSESSMENT OF THE CURRENT COMPUTER LITERACY AND FUTURE COMPUTER NEEDS OF EMERGENCY-MEDICINE RESIDENTS AND FACULTY

被引：12

作者：

DEBEHNKE, DJ

VALLEY, VT

机构：

[1] Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE | 1993年 / 11卷 / 04期

关键词：

COMPUTER LITERACY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE EDUCATION; MICROCOMPUTERS;

D O I：

10.1016/0735-6757(93)90170-G

中图分类号：

R4 [临床医学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100602 ;

摘要：

The purpose of this study was to assess the current computer literacy and future computer needs of emergency medicine residents and faculty to aid in developing a computer literacy curriculum. All emergency medicine residents and full-time faculty from a random sample of emergency medicine residencies were mailed questionnaires assessing current computer familiarity and future computer needs. Twenty-one residencies were surveyed; 15 resident and 17 faculty questionnaires were returned. Thirty-seven percent (116 of 314) faculty and 29% (135 of 470) resident questionnaires were completed and returned. Eighty percent (12 of 15) of residencies had a designated computer for resident use; 93% (14 of 15) had a computer for use in the emergency department. Forty-seven percent of residents owned their own computer; 68% of faculty had a computer in their home, and 52% had computers in their office. Less than 30% of residents and faculty had formal computer training. Residents and faculty rated the current familiarity and future needs for various software applications on a five-point scale. Data were analyzed using the Wilcoxon-Rank Sum Test. Residents and faculty had the most anticipated need for word processing, graphics, literature searching, data base, and patient management programs. Future computer need was rated significantly higher than current computer familiarity in all computer application areas (P ≤ .0002). It seems that emergency medicine residents and faculty have adequate access to computers, but minimal computer training. Residents and faculty have a high anticipated need for various basic computer applications. Despite recent recommendations that computer literacy be taught in medical school, many emergency medicine residents and faculty have not been taught basic computer applications. Until a uniform knowledge base is taught in undergraduate medical education, a residency-based computer curriculum is necessary to teach basic computer applications to those without previous computer training. © 1993.

引用

页码：371 / 373

页数：3

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