PMID- 16637911
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060607
LR  - 20181201
IS  - 1601-5029 (Print)
IS  - 1601-5029 (Linking)
VI  - 4
IP  - 2
DP  - 2006 May
TI  - Learning priorities and attitudes towards computer-assisted learning of general 
      medical practitioners, general dental practitioners and dental hygienists.
PG  - 91-7
AB  - OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this survey were to assess the attitudes and 
      learning priorities of general medical practitioners (GMPs), general dental 
      practitioners (GDPs), and dental hygienists (DHs) working at Jordan University of 
      Science and Technology (JUST), Irbid, Jordan in relation to post-graduate 
      education, to gather information on their attitudes and skills in using computers 
      and computer-assisted learning (CAL) and to see whether the material in this form 
      is acceptable to participate as a means of teaching. METHODS: Data for this study 
      was gathered via a questionnaire distributed to 63 health professionals including 
      GMPs, general dental practitioners and DHs (mean age 24.79 +/- 2.69 years) 
      working at JUST. RESULTS: Of the 63 participants, 80% of the participants have 
      home computers, 38% have office computers at work and only 25% have both home and 
      office computers. Approximately 53% of the participants had their first CAL 
      experience at home. Seventy-three of the participants indicated that connection 
      to Internet is necessary for their work. Seventy-one of the participants were 
      interested in the possibility of using CAL to further improve and increase their 
      medical knowledge. The most important topic for doctors was 'learning about new 
      techniques which may supersede those in current use', for DHs it was 'improve 
      knowledge or skill in radiology', and for dentists it was 'reinforcement of well 
      established techniques commonly used in dental practice'. CONCLUSIONS: It is 
      necessary for practicing health care professionals to update themselves by taking 
      continuous education courses after graduation more conveniently via CAL methods.
FAU - Al-Wahadni, A
AU  - Al-Wahadni A
AD  - Faculty of Applied Medical SciencesJordan University of Science and Technology, 
      Irbid, Jordan.
FAU - Elnasser, Z
AU  - Elnasser Z
FAU - Azab, M
AU  - Azab M
FAU - Owais, A I
AU  - Owais AI
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Dent Hyg
JT  - International journal of dental hygiene
JID - 101168070
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Attitude of Health Personnel
MH  - *Attitude to Computers
MH  - *Computer-Assisted Instruction
MH  - Computers/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Dental Hygienists/*education
MH  - Education, Continuing/methods
MH  - Family Practice/*education
MH  - Female
MH  - General Practice, Dental/*education
MH  - Humans
MH  - Jordan
MH  - Learning
MH  - Male
MH  - Motivation
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2006/04/28 09:00
MHDA- 2006/06/08 09:00
CRDT- 2006/04/28 09:00
PHST- 2006/04/28 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/06/08 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/04/28 09:00 [entrez]
AID - IDH180 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1601-5037.2006.00180.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Dent Hyg. 2006 May;4(2):91-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1601-5037.2006.00180.x.