Students’ Prior Knowledge and Skills in Computer and Internet Use: An Exploration of Incoming First Year Undergraduate Health Sciences Students at Gulu University, Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorYagos, Onen Walter
dc.contributor.authorTabo-Olok, Geoffrey
dc.contributor.authorOvuga, Emilio
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-11T12:43:28Z
dc.date.available2022-03-11T12:43:28Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractInternet has provided infrastructure that enables access to a variety of information resources for use by medical students at Gulu University in Northern Uganda. However, little attention has been put to explore prior internet knowledge of undergraduate medical students in Uganda. Cross-sectional research design was used. Fifty-six first year undergraduate health sciences students participated in the study. Self-administered structured questionnaire was used for data collection and analysis was done using SPSS version 16. Results shows that a majority of the participants had prior knowledge of computer 48 (86.0%) and internet 44 (79.0%). 38 (68.0%) participants had access to internet and 34 (61.0%) owned computer before joining the University. Majority owned mobile phones 41 (73.0%) and used it for internet access 43 (84.0%). Use of internet was high in social media 46 (86.8) and searching general information 44 (84.6%). Participants expected easy access to teaching materials 52 (94.5%) and communication 49 (90.7%) via internet. These findings suggest need for healthcare librarians to train incoming medical students on use of ICTs; including social media platforms and mobile phones to improve their ICT literacy skills to enable them access the best academic information resources to enhance medical education.en_US
dc.identifier.citationYagos, O. W., Tabo-Olok, G., & Ovuga, E. (2020). Students’ Prior Knowledge and Skills in Computer and Internet Use: An Exploration of Incoming First Year Undergraduate Health Sciences Students at Gulu University, Uganda. Journal of Health Information and Librarianship, 5(1), 69-83.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2408 - 6614 print/ 2672 - 4839 online
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2729
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Health Information and Librarianshipen_US
dc.subjectInternet skillsen_US
dc.subjectGulu Universityen_US
dc.subjectFirst year health sciences studentsen_US
dc.subjectUgandaen_US
dc.titleStudents’ Prior Knowledge and Skills in Computer and Internet Use: An Exploration of Incoming First Year Undergraduate Health Sciences Students at Gulu University, Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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