Do medical students prefer e-learning to reading printed textbooks?

摘要

In the last decade rapid advances have occurred in computer technology. Medical educators understand the need to produce graduates who are tech savvy and able to handle computers, constantly update their knowledge and search for information through the electronic media and effectively relate to a growing number of patients armed with up-to-date information now readily available to them at the click of a mouse. Moreover, computers have entered the medical field as well and medical students these days understand the importance of information technology 1 . Keeping these factors in view, since 2006 Manipal University has been providing medical students with laptops and free access to internet at the time of their admission.