Solomon Assefa Woreta|Yigzaw Kebede|Desalegn Tegabu Zegeye
Knowledge and utilization of information communication technology (ICT) among health science students at the University of Gondar, North Western Ethiopia
University of Gondar|University of Gondar|University of Gondar
despite relatively huge ict investment policy deployment higher institutions ethiopia still scant information success implementation information communication technology ict higher education study therefore carried aim assess knowledge utilization information communication technology ict among medicine health science students associated factors gondar college medicine health sciences university gondara crosssectional study conducted college medicine health sciences university gondar ethiopia data regarding sociodemographic characteristics students level knowledge utilization ict collected means selfadministered questionnaire data analyzed using spss version 13a total 1096 students responded giving response rate 978 mean age study participants 203 1 3 years females constitute 26 respondents majority 79 fulltime students half respondents 51 ict knowledge 46 students utilized ict 47 respondents never used electronic communication eg email chat room 39 respondents never used microsoft office eg word wordperfect ict knowledge aor 25 95 ci 1735 family educational background aor 436 95 ci 216880 perceived quality training aor 19 95 ci 1328 showed strong positive associations ict utilization students urban areas likely utilize ict compared rural areas aor 27 95 ci 2097 3497 information technology training found positively associated ict utilization aor 2 07 95 ci 118 362the result showed students knowledge inadequate utilization ict poor therefore university sustain professional development improve teaching raise student performance equip college student centered ict computer labs increase students ict utilization