Abstract Background and Purposes:
Due to daily increasing of computer and internet
application in Research and Education, using of
computer and internet in educational settings are
unavoidable and play important role in medical
education. This study is done in order to determining of
ratio of attitude, skill and performance of faculty
members in using computer and internet in research
educational affairs at Mazandaran University of
Medical Sciences.
Materials and Methods:
The study is done in cross sectional study. A
questionnaire, in 3 dimensions of attitude, skill, and
usage, expert-reviewed and pilot-tested, was used to
collect data from 124 faculty members coming from five
faculties of Mazandaran University of Medical
Sciences, i.e. Medicine, Health, Pharmacy, Nursing and
Midwifery and Paramedical Sciences. Data analyzed by
17th SPSS version software and descriptive, Spearman
Correlation, central and Scattered Indices.
Results:
124 (58.21 %) of the faculty members of all the
faculties at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences
participated in this study. Results showed that most of
them (38.7%) in good skill level, (15.3 %) in average
skill level, (11.3%) in weak skill level, and (29 %) in
excellent skill level. About attitude dimension, faculty
members had (58.9 %) in excellent level and (26.6%) in
good level. About performance, faculty members had
(41.9 %) in average level per week between 10-15 hours
from computer and (33.9 %) in average per month more
than 60 hours used Internet.
Conclusion:
Most of the faculty members had positive attitude to
computer and internet in medical education, but few of
them hadn't enough knowledge and skill. Therefore, it is
necessary to think about promotion of faculty members
for promoting of their skills and performances for
optimal use of computer and Internet in research and
educational affairs. It is recommended to provide
educational workshops based on needs and level of their
needs due to knowledge, skill and usage Science for
Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences’ faculty
members, so they can gain from computer an Internet
facilities and electronic databases.