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Pretest for Attitudes Toward Computers in Healthcare
© June Kaminski 1996 - 2007
Directions:
Each indicator is to be rated using a five point Likert scale. Choose the response that reflects your attitude
for each statement.
RATING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
SCALE: Agree Strongly Agree Not certain Disagree Disagree
Strongly
Statements:
3____ 5_____ 9____ 10_____ 13____ 14____
15____ 20____ 22____ 23____ 25____ 26____
27____ 28____ 30____ 32____ 35____ 38 ____ 39
____ 40 ____
Now add these up to find Subtotal B: =
____________________
RATIN 4 3 2 1
G Always Most of the Some of the Seldom
SCAL Time Time
E
QUESTION RATI
NG
1. Email Account: Do you currently use an e-mail address?
2. Service Account: Do you have an Internet provider for your home or office
computer?
3. Listservs: Do you know what a list serve or electronic discussion group is?
4. Mailing Lists: Have you ever subscribed to a mailing discussion list?
5. Browsers: Have you ever used a browser like Netscape or Internet Explorer to
visit the WorldWide Web?
6. Conference: Have you ever participated in an asynchronous computer
conference, on-line chatgroup or news group?
7. Activity: Do you use e-mail regularly?
8. Web: Have you ever saved a web page, printed a web page or created a web
page?
9. Search Engines: Can you locate three major search engines on the Web?
10. Bookmarks: Do you know how to save a selected web page as a bookmark for
future reference?
TOTAL
RATIN 4 3 2 1
G Always Most of the Some of the Seldom
SCAL Time Time
E
QUESTION RATI
NG
1. Fonts: Do you know what font or typeface is?
2. Justify: Do you know how to right, center and left justify a document?
3. Cut & Paste: Do you know how to cut and paste a block of text?
4. Mouse: Do you know how to use a mouse to "drag" a block of text?
5. Margins: Do you know how to reset margins in your word processor?
6. Tables: Do you know how to create a table in a word processing
document?
7. Clipboard: Do you know what the clipboard does?
8. Page Numbers: Do you know how to activate page numbers in a
document?
9. Spell check: Do you know to use the spell check function?
10. Graphics: Do you know how to add images to your document?
TOTAL
P.A.T.C.H. Assessment Scale Score Interpretations
Find the Range that contains the Score You Achieved on the P.A.T.C.H. Scale
P.A.T.C.H. Assessment Scale v.2
Pretest for Attitudes Toward Computers in Healthcare
© June Kaminski 1996 – 2007
http://nursing-informatics.com/niassess/index.html
SCORING INTERPRETATION
Nursing Informatics Competencies
E-mail, Web Knowledge Rubric and Word Processing Knowledge Rubric
• If you score above 32 points, you probably have the skill level you need.
• If you score between 20 and 30, you have some skill but need more practice.
• If you score below 20, you need more training and practice.