Gradual Integration of Information and Communication Technology in
a Medical Curriculum May Create a Technology Divide Between 'have and
have-nots'.
Bengt Kayser, MD,
PhD
University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine
Abstract:
One year after the introduction of a
progressive integration of ICT in to the pre-clinical curriculum at the
University of Geneva faculty of medicine there is a clear evidence of
successful appropriation of the technology both by students and faculty
members. However, even though more than half of the students happily adopted
the technology and used it, convinced of its usefulness, about 20% still rarely
or never used e-mail and 40% did not use the Internet as an information
resource. We thus created a technology divide between early adopters and those
that find ways to escape from the use of the technology. Although we believe
that this technology divide is of temporary nature we need to develop
strategies to help the students to more easily adopt ICT. This is important
since these students, once graduated, will be practicing medicine for the next
5 decades, in a medical professional world that increasingly relies and depends
on ICT.
Benefit in Attending
Session:
This presentation will sensitize the participants to the problem of the different degrees of appropriation of technology by students and by faculty.
PRIMARY AUTHOR'S
INFORMATION
Bengt Kayser, MD, PhD
UDREM
1211 Geneva 4
Switzerland
Telephone Number: +41-22-7025948
Fax Number: +41-22-7025122
E-mail Address: bengt.kayser@medecine.unige.ch
Web Site: http://udrem.unige.ch/
CO-AUTHORS'
INFORMATION
Daniel Scherly
Jean-Dominique Vassalli
Nu. V. Vu
Centre Medical Universitaire
1211 Geneva 4
Switzerland