Digital skills among students of the master’s program in Palliative Care and Pain Management
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https://doi.org/10.24265/horizmed.2023.v23n4.06Keywords:
computer literacy, information technology, universities, studentsAbstract
Objective: To determine the digital skills among students of the master’s program in Palliative Care and Pain Management at Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos School of Medicine in 2022.
Materials and methods: A non-experimental, descriptive and cross-sectional research. The study population was comprised of students of the master’s program in Palliative Care and Pain Management enrolled in the year 2022. A non-probability sample was used. Data were collected through the survey “Digital Skills in Higher Education Questionnaire” (CDES), consisting of 46 indicators distributed in five factors with a reliability of 0.96 according to Cronbach’s alpha. Data confidentiality and participants’ autonomy were respected.
Results: The final sample was made up of 59 students, the average age was 38.03 years and 76.3 % were women. All students had a personal computer and Internet access. The descriptive analysis showed that the “very important” rating
prevailed: 49.2 % for the “digital citizenship” factor, 47.5 % for the “communication and collaboration” factor, 45.8 % for the “creativity and innovation” and the “access and use of information” factors, and 44.1 % for the “digital literacy” factor. According to the digital skills global analysis, 49.2 % and 42.4 % chose the “very important” and “important” ratings, respectively. There were no results for the “not at all important” rating. Conclusions: All students had a personal computer and Internet access, which confirms the growing interest in including aspects related to digital skills in university education. The “digital literacy” and the “digital citizenship” factors had a lower and higher rating, respectively, compared to the other factors. A total of 91.6 % of the students considered that digital skills are important and very important, which could be considered as highly favorable.
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