Table 3 The proportion (%) of medical (M)/dental (D) students' (N = 295, N = 81) use of MEDLINE and full-text articles by year of study
From: A survey of the use of electronic scientific information resources among medical and dental students
Year of study | M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | M5 | M6 | All M | D1 | D2 | D3 | D4 | D5 | All D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
searching MEDLINE at least 2–7 times/month for study purposes | 41.8% | 10.0% | 18.2% | 6.8% | 40.6% | 35.1% | 24.8% | 45.8% | 5.9% | 7.1% | 10.5% | 14.3% | 19.8% |
searching MEDLINE at least 2–7 times/month for research | 9.2% | 23.3% | 37.0% | 44.2% | 40.6% | 62.8% | 32.5% | 21.7% | 11.8% | 14.3% | 36.8% | 57.1% | 24.1% |
not using MEDLINE at all | 4.6% | 20.0% | 13.0% | 16.3% | 12.5% | 5.7% | 15.0% | 8.7% | 41.2% | 21.4% | 0 | 0 | 14.8% |
use of full-text journal articles at least 2–7 times/month | 16.7% | 18.3% | 40.0% | 29.6% | 48.4% | 43.2% | 33.1% | 8.3% | 5.9% | 7.1% | 10.6% | 28.6% | 10.0% |
not using full-text at all | 48.5% | 46.7% | 36.4% | 43.2% | 29.0% | 21.6% | 39.6% | 37.5% | 76.5% | 35.7% | 47.4% | 42.9% | 48.1% |