Title of article :
Internet usage among dental students in north India
Author/Authors :
Marya, Charu Mohan Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences Research - Department of Public Health Dentistry, India , Marya, Kirti Mohan Aster Hospital Aster Medical Centre - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, United Arab Emirates , Dahiya, Vandana Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences Research - Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, India , Juneja, Vishal Sudha Rustagi College of Dental Sciences Research - Department of Dental Anatomy / Dental Histology, India , Gupta, Puneet Government College of Dentistry - Department of Community Dentistry, India
Abstract :
The study was conducted to investigate the extent to which students of two dental schools in northern India make use of internet during their undergraduate course and to assess their attitude towards the internet in general. All undergraduate students were assessed using a specially designed, self-administered questionnaire. Overall, 470 (88.84%) students used the internet. Among the internet users, only 207 (44%) accessed it for academic purposes. Also, 356 (75.7%) found information about dentistry easily accessible, whereas 114 (24.3%) reported difficulty in doing so. The study showed that a good number of Indian dental students are using internet, but they are lagging behind their counterparts in the western world.
Keywords :
Internet , Dentistry , Undergraduate students
Journal title :
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (Centre) JPMA
Journal title :
Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association (Centre) JPMA
