OBJECTIVES To determine doctors' reasons for using the Internet, and the factors that influence their usage. DATA SOURCES A systematic review of 38 studies, from 1994 to 2004, describing surveys of doctors' Internet usage. RESULTS All of the studies were in the developed world, primarily in North America. Approximately 60-70% of doctors have access to the Internet, but in several studies ac...

internet has been perhaps the most outstanding innovation in the field of communication in the history of mankind. the main purpose of this study was to explore the role of internet in the professional development of teachers working in agricultural schools in kermanshah province (n=35). census survey was used due to the small size of the statistical population. a questionnaire was developed ba...

Examines the way the general public exploits the Internet for health information, the motives behind usage, attitudes towards issues such as quality concerns, and the extent to which Internet interventions affect the doctor-patient relationship. Although a questionnaire survey was used (posted on the NHS Direct Web site), the questions asked were open, and invited free-text `̀ qualitative’’ answ...

The ability to access, evaluate and use information in each profession is one of the most effective materials of individual success. Accessing updated medical information is vital for physicians (1-5). In a descriptive cross sectional study performed in Bandar Abbas, the capital city of Hormozgan province in the southern part of Iran. Data the internet and computer usage was examined among m...

Cyberloafing is the personal use of the Internet by employees while at work. The purpose of this study is to examine whether employee job attitudes, organizational characteristics, attitudes towards cyberloafing, and other non-Internet loafing behaviors serve as antecedents to cyberloafing behaviors. We hypothesize that the employee job attitudes of job involvement and intrinsic involvement are...

Internet has been perhaps the most outstanding innovation in the field of communication in the history of mankind. The main purpose of this study was to explore the role of Internet in the professional development of teachers working in agricultural schools in Kermanshah Province (N=35). Census survey was used due to the small size of the statistical population. A questionnaire was developed ba...