TY - JOUR
T1 - Internet and computer use amongst European pharmacy undergraduates
T2 - Exploring similarities and differences
AU - Cavaco, Afonso Miguel Das Neves
AU - Schaafsma, Evelyn
AU - Bicer, Burcu Kucuk
AU - Sahne, Bilge Sozen
AU - Volmer, Daisy
AU - Ozcelikay, Gulbin
AU - Kurlovics, Janis
AU - Krauja, Nora
AU - Postma, Maarten
AU - Yegenoglu, Selen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Romanian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Computers and Internet use are very common in contemporary world. On the other hand, little is known concerning Internet use by pharmacy undergraduates in culturally diverse European countries, recognizing pharmacists as an extensive and homogeneously trained European workforce. To address this, a questionnaire-based survey was used. There were 654 participants from Estonia (4.1%), Latvia (8.9%), The Netherlands (9.9%), Portugal (32.6%) and Turkey (44.5%), with a majority of female students. Purposes for using the Internet were communication, academic work, social networking, listening to music and watching movies, although significant differences were found in activities beyond academic work. Social media were the most popular websites in all countries. Finally, relevant differences in retrieving up-to-date health information existed. With potential differences in access and retrieval of latest health information and broader use of information technologies, greater convergence of competencies in this area would be desired, considering a shared European e-healthcare and pharmaceutical marketplace.
AB - Computers and Internet use are very common in contemporary world. On the other hand, little is known concerning Internet use by pharmacy undergraduates in culturally diverse European countries, recognizing pharmacists as an extensive and homogeneously trained European workforce. To address this, a questionnaire-based survey was used. There were 654 participants from Estonia (4.1%), Latvia (8.9%), The Netherlands (9.9%), Portugal (32.6%) and Turkey (44.5%), with a majority of female students. Purposes for using the Internet were communication, academic work, social networking, listening to music and watching movies, although significant differences were found in activities beyond academic work. Social media were the most popular websites in all countries. Finally, relevant differences in retrieving up-to-date health information existed. With potential differences in access and retrieval of latest health information and broader use of information technologies, greater convergence of competencies in this area would be desired, considering a shared European e-healthcare and pharmaceutical marketplace.
KW - Computer-mediated communication
KW - Internet use
KW - Pharmaceutical sciences
KW - Pharmacy students
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85022050633
SN - 0014-8237
VL - 65
SP - 407
EP - 413
JO - Farmacia
JF - Farmacia
IS - 3
ER -