Survey of Views of Medical Students on Telemedicine Methods Developed in the Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Iran

Background & Objective: Telemedicine is the use of new communication and information technologies to provide clinical services health care and transferring of information for care of patients from a geographical distance The aim of this research was to determine the views of medical students on the development of telemedicine procedures in the Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: A sample of ۹۰ medical students was selected randomly in the first semester of study of ۲۰۱۱۱۲ The students views were assessed using a questionnaire of ۳۳ questions consisting of three parts: demographic data questions in five areas (organizational factors technological factors stakeholders agents information literacy and environmental factors) and student use of the various areas of technology (computers internet medical websites medical applications and etc) Results: In the questions concerning the scope of the organizational factors ۶۵۵% of students had a positive opinion in regard to admission to the structural changes in the organization Among the factors of technology ۸۶۷% of students had positive views on broadband access in the factors of stakeholders ۵۸۹% on empowering the private sector in implementing telemedicine in the information literacy ۷۵۵% on students skills in using computers and the Internet and in the environmental factors ۸۰۰% on economic factors for the plan Conclusion: Students believed the role of economic factors (cost appropriate technology and etc) to be more important than cultural factors (physicianpatient interaction culture community support willingness of the family and etcetera)

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Vision , Telemedicine , Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences , Iran