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Information technology in ENT: are we ready to be ‘Connected For Health’?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2006

P J Clamp ,
P Virdi ,
A Vats  and
D D Pothier
P J Clamp
Affiliation:
Department of ENT, Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust, Bath, UK
P Virdi
Affiliation:
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
A Vats
Affiliation:
Imperial College London, London, UK
D D Pothier
Affiliation:
Department of ENT, United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust, St Michael's Hospital, Bristol, UK
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Abstract

The NHS Connecting for Health agency continues to implement the national programme for information technology within the National Health Service (NHS). In preparation, NHS employees are being encouraged to develop their information technology skills via the European computer driving licence training course.

A postal survey of British Association of Otorhinolaryngologists members was undertaken to evaluate their levels of information technology training, competency and knowledge. Three hundred and thirty-six surgeons responded.

Most respondents had received no formal information technology training. Only 3.9 per cent had taken the European computer driving licence course.

Most surgeons felt comfortable using word processing and presentation software but were less comfortable with other applications. Junior surgeons were more confident in all areas of information technology application than senior surgeons.

Seventy-two per cent of surgeons wanted more information technology training. Most felt that such training should be routine at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

With the national programme committed to improving information technology infrastructure within the NHS, more formal training should be provided to ensure a basic standard of information technology competency amongst ENT surgeons.

Keywords

Integrated Health Care SystemsInformaticsComputersGreat Britain
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 121 , Issue 7 , July 2007 , pp. 687 - 691
Copyright
2006 JLO (1984) Limited

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