Computer literacy among first year medical students in a developing country: A cross sectional study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ranasinghe, Priyanga ^a   Wickramasinghe, Sashimali A ^a   Pieris, W A Rasanga ^a   Karunathilake, Indika ^a   Constantine, Godwin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Computer literacy; Developing country; Medical undergraduates; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SRI LANKA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEACHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OWNERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SRI LANKA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WORD PROCESSING;

EID: 84866172168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-504     Document Type: Article

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