Abstract

DIAZ CABALLERO, Antonio; ROMERO MARTINEZ, Grissette  and  GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, Farith. Perception of performance in information of bibliographic databases search in dentistry students.Case of study. ACIMED [online]. 2010, vol.21, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1024-9435.

BACKGROUND. The Internet and computerized bibliographic databases are the most dynamic tools for the best biomedical information that will allow a best clinical practice based on evidence. The use of data as a result of formal investigations and resolved problems and proposals for new scientific and generally for those who want to learn and be updated therefore dominate the management of these tools is a goal which compliance is increasingly desirable among students and health professionals. OBJECTIVES. To describe the perceptions of students of one of faculty of dentistry from Cartagena city in relation to their performance in the search for information in databases. METHODS. Descriptive, cross-sectional quantitative methodological approach, 179 subjects of 433 students registered in the School of Dentistry. Variables: perceptions of knowledge, traditions, challenges, attitudes and preferences through the application of questionnaires assisted. RESULTS. Students have access to databases, but have a single search mode. The use is less frequent with increasing age. It is most frequently used databases for the female sex. The reasons for initiating Search responding to the fulfillment of tasks assigned. One of the main difficulties during the search is the knowledge of English. CONCLUSIONS. Perceptions of students regarding the use of the databases are related to aspects such as using the tool, guided in a way by a self-taught's attitudes and the other by internal or external stimuli of the subject. It recommended that complement these educational initiatives to achieve structured learning processes, framed more by self-interest and update progress in scientific knowledge than in the accomplishment of tasks assigned during the passage of an academic period.

Keywords : Databases; information search; students; Odontology; performance.

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