Interest Material
The Internet Literacy of Japanese Medical Doctors
2002 Volume 22 Issue 2 Pages 217-222
Details
2002 Volume 22 Issue 2 Pages 217-222
Objective: The Internet literacy of Japanese medical doctors (MDs) is investigated in this study.
Subjects and Methods: A survey was made by mail to 60,000 medical doctors in Japan. The number of respondents was 14,105 (response rate 23.5%).
Results: The ratio of medical doctors having PCs was relatively high. The access to Internet was not good as the MD was elder. The access place of salaried physician for Internet was 50 : 50 between at home and at workplace, and that of self-employed physician was higher at home than at workplace. MDs obtain medical information through Internet by 80%. Interactive communication between MDs and patients was done by 20%.
