Academic satisfaction and role of computer for medical students in public sector medical University in Sindh

Introduction: it is a major challenge for universities students’ academic satisfaction and it has been identified that competitive advantage,student retention,attraction for new students and positive personal communication are directly related with the student satisfaction. objectives: to assess academic satisfaction among medical students and to analyze the use of computer time by the students in academic satisfaction. material and methods: study design: this cross- sectional study was done in first medical university of pakistan liaquat university of medical & health sciences (lumhs) jamshoro,established in year 2001. sampling technique: simple random sampling. sample size: the sample size was 162 students of all semesters of mbbs. statistical analysis: data was computed and analyzed by spss version 16. frequency and percentage were used. results: results show that out of total 162 medical students,male were 53 (32.71%) and 109 (67.29%) were female students. total 142 (87.65 %) students were academically satisfied and 20 (12.35 %) were unsatisfied. conclusion: our study concludes that academic satisfaction is high among students and use of computer is positively related with high satisfaction. © 2014,liaquat university of medical and health sciences. all rights reserved.