The given bar chart illustrates the proportions of medical students who accessed Internet for various reasons, and how frequent each activity was in a particular nation in 2009.
Overall, it is obvious that the internet use at least daily had the lowest rates. The most common reasons for using internet is for email communication and chatting weekly and monthly while looking up information for patient is the least frequent activity.
In terms of daily usage, the ratios of scholars accessing internet for almost four purposes were around 10% except chatting, at nearly 15%. The same were true for the frequency of month, with the exception of email, at about 20%. In contrast, half of medical students used internet for email contact weekly, followed by chatting with above 40%. The figures for researching and coursework were roughly 30% and 20% respectively.
With regard to occasional usage, while the reasons for research, email, reading recommended coursework, and chat accounted for around 30%, the proportion of patient information was the lowest, at 10%. Meanwhile, a considerable rate of scholars who never consumed the internet for patient care, at approximately 50%. The purposes for research and coursework shared the same percentage, followed by chatting while email communication was the least, at under 10%.