Use of the Internet for health information by physicians for patient care in a teaching hospital in Ibadan, Nigeria

Table 5 Perceived confidence of physicians to perform Internet related tasks

Tasks	House Officers (N = 45)		Medical Officers (N = 23)		Registrars (N = 104)		Total (N = 172)
	No	%	No	%	No	%	No	%
Retrieve and download free medical books from the Internet
Yes	4	8.9	5	21.7	26	25.0	35	20.3
No	41	91.1	18	78.3	78	75.0	137	79.7
Search the Internet to find out how a particular clinical procedure is carried out
Yes	19	42.2	5	26.1	52	50.0	77	44.8
No	26	57.8	17	73.9	52	50.0	95	55.2
Search the Internet for the most current diagnostic test or therapy for a disease condition
Yes	26	57.8	18	78.3	69	66.3	113	65.7
No	19	42.2	5	21.7	35	33.9	59	34.3
Retrieve and download full-text articles from online journals, BJM; HINARI etc.
Yes	8	17.8	12	52.2	52	50.0	72	41.9
No	37	82.2	11	47.8	52	50.0	100	58.1
Find the most current available evidence to answer a clinical question relating to patients condition
Yes	24	53.3	12	52.2	66	63.5	102	59.3
No	21	46.7	11	47.8	38	36.5	70	40.7
Find information on the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of an ailment
Yes	39	86.7	20	87.0	93	89.4	152	88.4
No	6	13.3	3	13.0	11	10.6	20	11.6
Total	45	100	23	100	104	100	172	100