Table 6 The proportion (%) of medical (M)/dental (D) students (N = 295, N = 81) using other medical databases and WWW 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 medical portal "Terveysportti" (2+ times/week) | 7.5% | 8.3% | 21.8% | 47.7% | 50.0% | 78.4% | 29.8% | 4.2% | 0.0% | 7.1% | 15.8% | 14.3% | 7.4% |
use of other medical databases (e.g., Cochrane library or others; yes/no). | 37.3% | 35.0% | 43.6% | 45.5% | 43.8% | 70.3% | 44.1% | 37.5% | 17.6% | 35.7% | 42.1% | 28.6% | 33.3% |
searching Web for medical information (2+ times/week) | 10.6% | 10.0% | 10.9% | 11.4% | 12.9% | 5.4% | 10.2% | 20.8% | 0.0% | 7.1% | 5.3% | 0.0% | 8.6% |
using electronic medical handbooks in the medical library (2+ times/month) | 14.9% | 6.7% | 9.1% | 6.8% | 12.5% | 21.6% | 11.5% | 8.3% | 5.8% | 21.4% | 10.5% | 0.0% | 9.9% |