ABSTRACT
Introduction : Telemedicine is the evolution of healthcare in the digital world. Telemedicine provides new methods of healthcare in different geographical areas. Benefits of telemedicine it increases accessibility in health care, provides higher quality of health care, Telemedicine has been used since the 1960s. For past decades use of wireless technology has been more advanced. There are different types telemedicine televisits, telesupervision, telemonitoring, tele interpretation, teleconsultation;not telemedicine remote education, remote technology and social media Aim: The aim of the study to explore knowledge and awareness about telemedicine in India vs International students-a comparative survey Materials and methods : A cross sectional study was taken among the Indian and international dental and medical students to assess the knowledge and willingness to adopt telemedicine in their profession. The questionnaire comprising 13 questions was created in google forms and sent to 100 Indian students and 100 international students through whatsapp. The data was collected and statistically analysed using SPSS software version 23 and Pearson chi square test was done to get p value Results : Of Indian students 56.64% participants were male, 40.71% were female, 2.65% did not prefer to say. The gender of international students' responses. 59.22% participants were male, 38.83% were female, 1.94% preferred not to say. The Indian students respond about knowledge of telemedicine. 52.21% participants answered yes, 42.48% answered no, 5.31% answered maybe. International students' responses to knowledge about telemedicine. 96.12% students answered ..oyes, 3.88% students answered no. Pearson chi square test shows p value is 0.808 for the knowledge about telemedicine among indian students which is statistically insignificant and for international students the Pearson chi square test shows p value is 0.239 which is statistically insignificant. Conclusion : From our study we have concluded that International students have more knowledge about telemedicine than Indian students. Because international students had more exposure to telemedicine and given training.