A Survey On Tehran University Of Medical Sciences Students’ Familiarity With Personal Information Management

Background and Aim: Personal Information Management (PIM) is a novel approach comprising three interactive parts of information resources, dimensions, and tools. The main aim of this study was to determine the degree of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) management and information science...

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Main Authors: Shahram Sedghi, Masoud Rudbari, Nida Abdollahi, Leila Abdollahi, Maryam Haseli, Maryam Zarghani
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Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014-11-01
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spelling doaj-27a28af05e664b088124cba2a7aac2252021-10-02T19:30:57ZfasTehran University of Medical Sciencesپیاورد سلامت1735-81322008-26652014-11-0184354367A Survey On Tehran University Of Medical Sciences Students’ Familiarity With Personal Information ManagementShahram Sedghi0Masoud Rudbari1Nida Abdollahi2Leila Abdollahi3Maryam Haseli4Maryam Zarghani5 Assistant Professor, Medical Librarianship and Information Sciences Department, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Associate Professor, Biostatistics Department, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Academics Instructor, Farhangian Uninversity, Campus Bint al-Huda al-Sadr, Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran Master of Sciences in Medical Librarianship and Information Sciences, Medical Librarianship and Information Sciences Department, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Iran Univercity of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Master of Sciences Student in Medical Librarianship and Information Sciences, Medical Librarianship and Information Sciences Department, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Iran Univercity of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Master of Sciences Student in Medical Librarianship and Information Sciences, Medical Librarianship and Information Sciences Department, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Iran Univercity of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Background and Aim: Personal Information Management (PIM) is a novel approach comprising three interactive parts of information resources, dimensions, and tools. The main aim of this study was to determine the degree of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) management and information science students’ familiarity with PIM process. Materials and Methods: The present work is a qualitative-applied study and the population includes 145 TUMS management and medical information students in 2012. The subjects were randomly selected and the data were finally obtained from 73 persons through semi-structured interviews. The data collection tool was a questionnaire with 10 open-ended questions classified based on the conceptual framework  of interviews. The questions were about how to acquire, organize, maintain, and retrieve information. To analyse the interviews, the qualititative data analysis software Nvivo 8 was employed.   Results: According to the obtained results, 51% (37 persons) of interviewed persons have applied methods and tools in order to organize and maintain information and have had exclusive methods to retrieve information. The most frequent worries were the information storage 49% (35 persons) and acquiring information 29% (21 persons). Conclusion: It is noteworthy to say that the PIM approach is not very popular among university students, and many of them acquire, maintain, and organize their personal information inappropriately in spite of their need for the method. Therefore, educating the students and promoting their performance can result in the improvement of main PIM-related problems.http://payavard.tums.ac.ir/article-1-5555-en.htmlpersonal information managementschool of managementmedical information sciencestehran university of medical sciences
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Nida Abdollahi
Leila Abdollahi
Maryam Haseli
Maryam Zarghani
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Masoud Rudbari
Nida Abdollahi
Leila Abdollahi
Maryam Haseli
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A Survey On Tehran University Of Medical Sciences Students’ Familiarity With Personal Information Management
پیاورد سلامت
personal information management
school of management
medical information sciences
tehran university of medical sciences
author_facet Shahram Sedghi
Masoud Rudbari
Nida Abdollahi
Leila Abdollahi
Maryam Haseli
Maryam Zarghani
author_sort Shahram Sedghi
title A Survey On Tehran University Of Medical Sciences Students’ Familiarity With Personal Information Management
title_short A Survey On Tehran University Of Medical Sciences Students’ Familiarity With Personal Information Management
title_full A Survey On Tehran University Of Medical Sciences Students’ Familiarity With Personal Information Management
title_fullStr A Survey On Tehran University Of Medical Sciences Students’ Familiarity With Personal Information Management
title_full_unstemmed A Survey On Tehran University Of Medical Sciences Students’ Familiarity With Personal Information Management
title_sort survey on tehran university of medical sciences students’ familiarity with personal information management
publisher Tehran University of Medical Sciences
series پیاورد سلامت
issn 1735-8132
2008-2665
publishDate 2014-11-01
description Background and Aim: Personal Information Management (PIM) is a novel approach comprising three interactive parts of information resources, dimensions, and tools. The main aim of this study was to determine the degree of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) management and information science students’ familiarity with PIM process. Materials and Methods: The present work is a qualitative-applied study and the population includes 145 TUMS management and medical information students in 2012. The subjects were randomly selected and the data were finally obtained from 73 persons through semi-structured interviews. The data collection tool was a questionnaire with 10 open-ended questions classified based on the conceptual framework  of interviews. The questions were about how to acquire, organize, maintain, and retrieve information. To analyse the interviews, the qualititative data analysis software Nvivo 8 was employed.   Results: According to the obtained results, 51% (37 persons) of interviewed persons have applied methods and tools in order to organize and maintain information and have had exclusive methods to retrieve information. The most frequent worries were the information storage 49% (35 persons) and acquiring information 29% (21 persons). Conclusion: It is noteworthy to say that the PIM approach is not very popular among university students, and many of them acquire, maintain, and organize their personal information inappropriately in spite of their need for the method. Therefore, educating the students and promoting their performance can result in the improvement of main PIM-related problems.
topic personal information management
school of management
medical information sciences
tehran university of medical sciences
url http://payavard.tums.ac.ir/article-1-5555-en.html
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