Digital literacy is important for medical students, schools

Developing digital literacy is very important among medical students as patients often come in with all kinds of information they have sought out online ahead of seeking treatment, said Dr Rasha Buhumaid, consultant emergency medicine, Dean Graduate Medical Education MBRU Dubai Health.

- Waheed Abbas

Dr Rasha Buhumaid, Consultant Emergency Medicine and Dean of Graduate Medical Education at MBRU - Dubai Health, during her session at the 5th edition of the KT Future of Healthcare event in Dubai.

While speaking during a conference organised by Khaleej Times on Wednesday, she stressed that digital literacy is a very important technological investment, especially for medical schools.

"Adopting a new technology is really about conceptualising it to what your priority is... I heard that the nurses really have a lot of trouble writing notes. So, we have to work together — physicians, nurses, for one purpose, which is our patients. We need to enable technology to be a partner with us to deliver the best care possible," she said during the presentation on Wednesday at the one-day summit.