Table 5.
Tasks | House Officers (N = 45) | Medical Officers (N = 23) | Registrars (N = 104) | Total (N = 172) | ||||
No | % | No | % | No | % | No | % | |
Retrieve and download free medical books from the Internet | ||||||||
Yes | 4 | 8.9 | 5 | 21.7 | 26 | 25.0 | 35 | 20.3 |
No | 41 | 91.1 | 18 | 78.3 | 78 | 75.0 | 137 | 79.7 |
Search the Internet to find out how a particular clinical procedure is carried out | ||||||||
Yes | 19 | 42.2 | 5 | 26.1 | 52 | 50.0 | 77 | 44.8 |
No | 26 | 57.8 | 17 | 73.9 | 52 | 50.0 | 95 | 55.2 |
Search the Internet for the most current diagnostic test or therapy for a disease condition | ||||||||
Yes | 26 | 57.8 | 18 | 78.3 | 69 | 66.3 | 113 | 65.7 |
No | 19 | 42.2 | 5 | 21.7 | 35 | 33.9 | 59 | 34.3 |
Retrieve and download full-text articles from online journals, BJM; HINARI etc. | ||||||||
Yes | 8 | 17.8 | 12 | 52.2 | 52 | 50.0 | 72 | 41.9 |
No | 37 | 82.2 | 11 | 47.8 | 52 | 50.0 | 100 | 58.1 |
Find the most current available evidence to answer a clinical question relating to patients condition | ||||||||
Yes | 24 | 53.3 | 12 | 52.2 | 66 | 63.5 | 102 | 59.3 |
No | 21 | 46.7 | 11 | 47.8 | 38 | 36.5 | 70 | 40.7 |
Find information on the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of an ailment | ||||||||
Yes | 39 | 86.7 | 20 | 87.0 | 93 | 89.4 | 152 | 88.4 |
No | 6 | 13.3 | 3 | 13.0 | 11 | 10.6 | 20 | 11.6 |
Total | 45 | 100 | 23 | 100 | 104 | 100 | 172 | 100 |