Abstract

RODRIGUEZ-PADIAL, Luis  and  CACHEIRO-GONZALEZ, María Luz. Degree of knowledge and implementation of new information technology to learn electrocardiography by doctors from the province of Toledo. FEM (Ed. impresa) [online]. 2014, vol.17, n.1, pp.21-30. ISSN 2014-9840.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S2014-98322014000100005.

Introduction: New advances in information technology (IT) have contributed to the social and scientific development of modern society, and have played a significant role in teaching, especially in medicine. Electrocardiography is a useful diagnostic technique in medicine and many doctors must study it in clinical practice. IT can be very helpful when learning electrocardiography but its usefulness is hampered by doctors' limited knowledge of IT. The aim of this study is to understand the degree of knowledge and use of IT when doctors from the province of Toledo learn about electrocardiography. Subjects and methods: A questionnaire (Google Docs) was sent by e-mail from the Medical Council to all doctors that use e-mail in their relationship with the Council. A statistical analysis was performed to study the degree of knowledge and use of IT. Results: A total of 199 questionnaires were analysed. The average age was 46.6 ± 9.7 years-old (range: 25-67 years-old), 56% of the participants were men. Most doctors (90%) use computers, but employ other forms of IT less frequently. Smartphones are used by 52% of them. Most (74%) studied electrocardiography, having a basic level of understanding. More experience is shown in classic and individual methods than in IT. While most of the doctors think that IT can be useful, they value websites and smartphone applications more than they value educational blogs. Conclusions: This group of doctors show interest in electrocardiography but demonstrate a significant deficiency in the use of IT.

Keywords : Electrocardiography; Information technologies; Teaching.

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