Table 5 Thematic Analysis

Digital Literacy

Competence and improvement needs

Having digital resources and being able to use them is not sufficient to be digitally literate. We need to have the ability to use, understand and produce information. (P.7)

I think I have sufficient knowledge and skills in this regard as required by my job or the responsibilities given to me. However, I am also aware that they have different uses and that some people are much more knowledgeable than me. (P.3)

New technologies

Positive effects and results

Robotic surgery is essential in terms of comfort and may also significantly reduce the error rate. (P.3)

Decision support software takes data many times more than the number of patients physicians can see in their lifetime and draws conclusions that need to be learned. For this reason, this system can see things that a human cannot see. (P.3)

Artificial intelligence-based support software, robotic surgery special prostheses, and 3D special prostheses will significantly contribute. (P.17)

If we talk about robotic surgery in the operating room, serious errors can even be reduced to zero. (P.15)

Concerns

I have a reservation that the relationship between patient and physician will turn into monotony when digitized. As I said, when such a thing happens, I think that it will be difficult to touch the patient. (P.3)

Telemedicine will bring about as much harm and difficulty. (P.17)

I think interactions involving human relations rather than technology are important in treating, diagnosing, or delivering patient care for most diseases. So maybe we can count this as the difficulty of new technologies. (P.15)

Competence and improvement needs

I am not fully competent in terms of the use of new technologies. Let’s use it to see if we are sufficient. (P.5)

I do not have sufficient competence in developing new technologies. But since I am open to learning about the use of new technologies, I think I can adapt quickly. (P.7)

New technologies, especially the newest technologies, are very costly in the first place. For this reason, I can’t reach them easily in my private life or school education.(P.12)

Artificial intelligence

Positive effects and results

AI can be helpful in every field humans cannot reach or do. (P.10)

Algorithms will eventually be able to make a decision at a speed that the human brain cannot. (P.14)

Concerns

AI will update professions. (P.10)

The unemployment rate may increase (P.13)

Competence and improvement needs

Professions may evolve, and new careers will emerge, and as a result, we will need people who have been trained to be able to do these new works. (P.12)

Cyber security

Concerns

Nothing in the internet world is that extra safe. (P.10)

Of course, we do not leave personal data where everyone can access it. But we can be more educated on this subject. (P.3)

Social media is an addiction now. (P.2)

We can see advertisements about the things we talk about, maybe even think about. (P.5)

Whether I want it or not, my files and data on my computer can be accessed somehow. For this reason

I don’t think it’s safe. My thoughts on the security-related part of technology are always an enigma. (P.6)

During the teleconsultation, you tell your psychiatrist or psychologist your private things. Someone who wants to influence you badly can reach what you speak. (P.12)

I do not know how this data is used, for what purpose, and where it is transmitted other than where I share it. I don’t know if it is abused or not. I can’t comment on either. (P.12)

I feel helpless about the Personal Data Protection Law. (P.14)

Competence and improvement needs

I am not fully equipped for the security of personal data. (P.4)

I know how to choose the right source and who to consult to reach that right source. (P.16)

People learn a subject best by experience. Events related to the ethical use and safety of this technology in social media should be shown to more people. (P.16)