International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review

Vol. 10(1), pp. 42- 51, January 2022

ISSN: 2360-7866

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijarer2022025

 

Full Length Research

 

 

Influence of use of medical information resources on job-specific task and non-job-specific task proficiencies of medical practitioners in teaching hospitals in South-West Nigeria

 

Chioma Euriel UZOHUE

 

Deputy Director, Library and Information Communication Technology Department, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba-Lagos, Nigeria

 

Accepted 25 January 2022

Abstract

Abstract: The study explores the influence of use of medical information resources on job-specific task and non-job-specific task proficiencies of medical practitioners in teaching hospitals in South-West Nigeria. The study adopted the survey design to investigate six teaching hospitals in the South-western Nigeria. Multi-sampling was used to administer 391 copies of questionnaire to the medical practitioner but 390 were returned for data analysis, making the response rate to be 99.7%. Data obtained were analyzed using inferential statistics (simple linear regression). Findings revealed that use of medical information resources (MIR) significantly influenced job-specific and non-job specific task proficiencies of medical practitioners in universities teaching hospitals in South-West, Nigeria. It was, therefore, recommended that the management of the teaching hospitals in the study area should improve the utilization of medical information resources by medical staff as this is vital to enhancing the job specific and non-job task proficiencies of the medical practitioners in the University teaching hospitals. Nonetheless, the management must bear in mind that the medical practitioners can still be proficient in their job and non-job specific tasks even when they do not utilize medical information resources.

 

Keywords: Job-specific task proficiency, non-job-specific task proficiency, Medical Information Resources, University Teaching Hospitals, South-West Nigeria

Paper type: research