Validation of an instrument to measure dental students' use of, knowledge about, and attitudes towards computers

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 883-891

  Schleyer, Titus K L ^a   Torres Urquidy, Humberto ^b   Straja, Sorin ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c Institute for Regulatory Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Computers; Dentistry; Evaluation; Knowledge; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DENTAL STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; MALE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDLINE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MEDLINE; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, DENTAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS, DENTAL;

EID: 0035461698     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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