Attitude of students and teachers of the Department of Pediatrics towards information and communication technology (ICT)

Authors

  • Luis Américo Reátegui Guzmán Profesor Asociado, Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina San Fernando, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Manuel Hernán Izaguirre Sotomayor Profesor Principal, Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina San Fernando, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Hallder Mori Ramírez Profesor Principal, Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina San Fernando, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Raquel Susana Castro Tamayo Estudiante, Facultad de Medicina San Fernando, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
  • Nattaly Aguedo Sussan Estudiante, Facultad de Medicina San Fernando, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v76i3.11236

Keywords:

Information and communication technology – ICT, Attitude.

Abstract

Introduction: Information and communication technology (ICT) has influence in education as it is an access tool to wealth of information. Though use in the teaching-learning process in educational institutions has not been significant. Objective: To determine attitude of students and teachers to use of ICT. Design: Non-experimental cross-sectional, correlational, quantitative study. Setting: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru. Participants: Students and teachers. Interventions: Likert scale was implemented. Analysis of descriptive statistics, frequency distributions and central tendency measures were used. Results: Teachers attitude towards ICT was more favourable (86%) compared to students’ (76%). Conclusions: Teachers attitude to ICT was more favourable than students’. It is expected that this study will contribute to improvement in ICT-use decision, teachinglearning process and students’ attitude towards use of ICT.

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Published

2015-09-30

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Vol. 76 No. 3 (2015)

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Reátegui Guzmán LA, Izaguirre Sotomayor MH, Mori Ramírez H, Castro Tamayo RS, Aguedo Sussan N. Attitude of students and teachers of the Department of Pediatrics towards information and communication technology (ICT). An Fac med [Internet]. 2015 Sep. 30 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];76(3):261-4. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/11236