ArticleGMS journal for medical education2020
Medical student Internet usage: is the literature correct to call it addiction? An opinion piece.
Article in GMS journal for medical education, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2 citations in OpenAlex.
- How Have Researchers Acknowledged and Controlled for Academic Work Activity When Measuring Medical Students' Internet Addiction? A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Digital skills in healthcare.GMS journal for medical education · 2020Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
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Abstract
Over the past few years, there has been a sharp rise in the number of academic articles examining "Internet addiction" among medical students. This opinion piece views the Internet as a communication environment and a medical information tool within medical education. Within this context, the paper investigates the Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and criteria used in those articles, and questions their assumptions and conclusions. It then argues that what is often viewed as "addiction" may actually be dedication to work.
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