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To assess the accuracy of references cited in manuscripts accepted for publication in an issue of a scientific journal and to categorize these errors. An observational study. The study was conducted in the library of Army Medical College, Rawalpindi during September 2007. A total of 288 references listed in the references section of twenty manuscripts were examined. Journal references were compared with either the original articles or [s] obtained through MEDLINE and Pakmedinet. Book references were checked against the original book or bibliographical information obtained through Publisher`s catalogues and online catalogues of libraries. The total number of errors in the references were counted and categorized. Seventy [24.3%] of the 288 assessed references had no errors, while a single error occurred in 51[17.7%] and more than six errors were found in 22[7.64%] references. The author element was the most frequent error category, where 103[43.64%] references from journal and 26[63.41%] references from books contained the errors The primary responsibility of ensuring accuracy of references lies with the authors. However the continuous process of removing errors by reviewers and editorial team can reduce the error rate in the references
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Publicações/estatística & dados numéricos , Jornalismo MédicoRESUMO
To assess computer awareness and attitude towards information and communications technology [ICT] of undergraduate students of Army Medical College. During May 2006 a questionnaire containing 16 questions was distributed among students of first year and final year MBBS. Topics queried include the computer awareness, ownership, and the status of Internet related activities as well as students exposure to usage of computers. Overall 203 medical students filled the questionnaire with 98 [48%] boys and 105 [52%] girls. Computer literacy: male [90%], female [89%] and overall [89%]. Knowledge of software is as follows: MS Word [63%], MS Power point [63%], emailing [82%] and surfing of Internet [77%]. Eighty eight percent had computer at home. Seventy eight percent had access to Internet at home. Thirty nine percent of the students indicated that they used the Internet form home regularly and 21% indicated that they used the Internet from college regularly. Eighty percent had email address. Thirty nine percent want to ask questions to teacher by email. Ninety percent indicated that computer is beneficial to study. Ninety one percent indicated that internet is beneficial to study. Seventy six percent stated that the ICT may be incorporated into the curricula training. Seventy four percent of the students living in hostel indicated that they needed internet in the room. The results of this study indicate that the computer awareness among undergraduate medical students is encouraging but still need to be improved for computer assisted medical learning
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The objective of this study was to assess the impact of online resources on medical research, by measuring the extent to which they were being cited in the articles published in Pakistani medical journals. The references of articles published in selected sample of medical journals published during May 2005-May 2006 were examined. Total 813 articles were analyzed. Only 92 [11.3%] articles were found with online citations. 84 [10.3%] articles had cited web documents and 14[1.7%] has cited the online journals. The medical journals in Pakistan are in the process of migration to the internet. We are in the transition period to use and accept the online resources in medical research