Table 3.
Computer and Internet use among first-year medical students
| Daily | Several times a week | Several times a month | Less often | Never | Total | ||||||
| No. of students (%) | No. of students (%) | No. of students (%) | No. of students (%) | No. of students (%) | No. of students | ||||||
| Word Processor | 267 | (23.3) | 392 | (34.2) | 287 | (25.0) | 187 | (16.3) | 15 | (1.3) | 1148 |
| Organizer | 180 | (15.9) | 133 | (11.8) | 92 | (8.1) | 319 | (28.2) | 406 | (35.9) | 1130 |
| Games | 74 | (6.5) | 125 | (11.0) | 177 | (15.6) | 412 | (36.3) | 348 | (30.6) | 1136 |
| Draw, paint | 64 | (5.6) | 194 | (17.0) | 351 | (30.8) | 349 | (30.6) | 183 | (16.0) | 1141 |
| Spreadsheets | 35 | (3.1) | 50 | (4.5%) | 141 | (12.6) | 412 | (36.7) | 485 | (43.2) | 1123 |
| 509 | (44.4) | 433 | (37.8) | 140 | (12.2) | 56 | (4.9) | 9 | (0.8) | 1147 | |
| Information | 480 | (42.0) | 484 | (42.3) | 150 | (13.1) | 27 | (2.4) | 2 | (0.2) | 1143 |
| Chat | 121 | (10.7) | 118 | (10.4) | 77 | (6.8) | 305 | (26.9) | 515 | (45.3) | 1136 |
| BBS (Bulletin Board Systems), Forum | 69 | (6.1) | 83 | (7.4) | 117 | (10.4) | 379 | (33.5) | 482 | (42.7) | 1130 |
| Web design | 21 | (1.9) | 34 | (3.0) | 42 | (3.7) | 264 | (23.4) | 768 | (68.0) | 1129 |