was for essential version of a basic medical text book (median
=5 h per week), followed by medical text book and lecture
handouts (median = 5 h per week for each) and the least for
online sources (median =2 h per week for each) and journal
article (median =1 h per week) with a statistically significant
difference (p =0.035) (Table 4).
The maximum degree of benefit was gained from pocket
books where the mean score was 80.4 ±25.11, followed by
lecture hand outs; where the mean score was 77.3 ±22.54
and the minimum was obtained from journal articles; the mean
score was 53.9± 25.44 (Table 5).
The most useful source as stated by students was again
pocket books (33.3%), followed by essential version of a basic
medical text book (21.9%) and the least was for journal article
(1.0%) (Figure 2).
The mean percent score for knowledge was 87.5 ±14.38,
for attitude was 70.2 ±19.94 and for practice was 60.0
± 17.81 with an insignificant difference between the two years.
The total score for reading habit was 72.6 ± 11.06; again with
an insignificant difference between the two years (Table 6).
There was a significant correlation between knowledge
score and reading practice score (r =0.251, p= 0.010).