TY - JOUR
T1 - How Turkish radiology residents access information related to their profession in this social media and smartphone era
AU - Ozutemiz, Can
AU - Dicle, Oguz
AU - Koremezli, Nevin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Authors.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Purpose: To evaluate the frequency of mobile technology and social media usage among radiology residents and their access to professional information. Materials and methods: A questionnaire consisting of 24 questions prepared using Google Drive was sent via e-mail to 550 radiology residents throughout the country. Of the 176 participating residents, 74 completed the survey via the internet, and 102 completed it at three different national radiology meetings. Response rates and its relationship with responses given to different questions were assessed. Results: Hundred two male and 74 female residents participated in the survey. 141 (81.3%) residents thought that they had appropriate internet access in their department. The number of residents using a smartphone was 153 (86.9%). The android operating system (70, 45.8%) was the preferred operating system of respondants. Only 24 (15.7%) of the smartphone users thought that there were enough radiology related applications. "Radiology assistant" (18.9%), "Radiopedia" (7.8%) and "Radiographics" (7.8%) were the most utilized applications. Of the smartphone users, 87(56.9%) stated that they used cell phones in order to find radiological information, and the most used web pages were Google (165, 93.8%), Radiopaedia.org (129, 73.3%), Radiologyassistant.nl (135, 76.7%), and Pubmed (114, 64.8%). Social media usages were as follows: None (10, 5.7%), Facebook (139, 79%), Twitter (55, 31.3%), Google + (51, 29%) and YouTube (44, 25%). Conclusion: While smartphone usage rates among the residents were high, the use of radiology specific applications was not common. Social media usage was very common among residents.
AB - Purpose: To evaluate the frequency of mobile technology and social media usage among radiology residents and their access to professional information. Materials and methods: A questionnaire consisting of 24 questions prepared using Google Drive was sent via e-mail to 550 radiology residents throughout the country. Of the 176 participating residents, 74 completed the survey via the internet, and 102 completed it at three different national radiology meetings. Response rates and its relationship with responses given to different questions were assessed. Results: Hundred two male and 74 female residents participated in the survey. 141 (81.3%) residents thought that they had appropriate internet access in their department. The number of residents using a smartphone was 153 (86.9%). The android operating system (70, 45.8%) was the preferred operating system of respondants. Only 24 (15.7%) of the smartphone users thought that there were enough radiology related applications. "Radiology assistant" (18.9%), "Radiopedia" (7.8%) and "Radiographics" (7.8%) were the most utilized applications. Of the smartphone users, 87(56.9%) stated that they used cell phones in order to find radiological information, and the most used web pages were Google (165, 93.8%), Radiopaedia.org (129, 73.3%), Radiologyassistant.nl (135, 76.7%), and Pubmed (114, 64.8%). Social media usages were as follows: None (10, 5.7%), Facebook (139, 79%), Twitter (55, 31.3%), Google + (51, 29%) and YouTube (44, 25%). Conclusion: While smartphone usage rates among the residents were high, the use of radiology specific applications was not common. Social media usage was very common among residents.
KW - Application
KW - Education
KW - Radiology
KW - Resident
KW - Smartphone
KW - Social Media
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejro.2015.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.ejro.2015.10.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 26937445
AN - SCOPUS:84946407773
SN - 2352-0477
VL - 2
SP - 129
EP - 133
JO - European Journal of Radiology Open
JF - European Journal of Radiology Open
ER -