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TECHNOLOGY AND FAMILY MEDICINEThe female general participants were basically concentrating on gynecology and Obstetrics and all the female generalPractitioners had been practicing for more than 3 years whereas the male General Practitioners were treating acuteand chronic illnesses patients and all the male general Practitioners had been carrying out their practice for more than1 year.Figure 2: The Age Group of General PractitionersThe age group showed 16 respondents were less than 30 years old, about 37 respondents were in between 31 to 40years age group, about 31 respondents were in age group of 41 to 50 and about 16 were in the age group above 51. Ithas been shown that the younger participants are more familiar with internet browsing and its features.According to Figure 3 a total of 100 General practitioners were surveyed and 95% (95 in number) of them had internetaccess and 5% didn’t have access to internet (5 in number). Those who didn’t have access to internet were of ageabove 70 and felt accessing internet is difficult.Figure 3: Numbers of General Practitioners with Access to InternetFigure 4 reveals that out of the 95 General practitioners who confirmed they have access to internet 13% (12in number) confirmed they had access to internet through Dial up telephone network about 29% (28 in number)confirmed that they have internet access through cable or broad band while 23% (22 in number) confirmed that theyhave net access through Leased lines. About 3% (2 in number) confirmed they have internet access via integratedservice digital network and lastly 33% (31 in number) confirmed they have access to internet via wireless connectivity.46 MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE VOLUME 10 ISSUE 7MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE • VOLUME 7, ISSUE 10
TECHNOLOGY AND FAMILY MEDICINEFigure 4: Type of Internet Connectivity the General Practitioners have while Accessing The InternetFigure 5 illustrates that the general practitioners who were surveyed had revealed the following results: about 23%(22 in number) of them have access to internet just from home and about 22% (21 in number) of them have accessto internet at hospital or clinic and about 55% (52 in number) of them have access to the internet both at home and inthe work place.Figure 5: Place where General Practitioners Have Access to the InternetFigure 6 focuses on do general practitioners use the internet for professional up grading in terms of clinical and newmedical knowledge and the response was about 75% (71 in number) of the respondents said they access the internetfor upgrading their domain and professional knowledge and about 25% (24 in number) of them do not use the internetfor upgrading professional knowledge.Figure 6: Do GeneralPractitioners usethe Internet forProfessional upGradingMIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE VOLUME 10 ISSUE 7MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE • VOLUME 7, ISSUE 10 47
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