EFFICIENCY OF USING ACADEMIC EXPERT DATABASE SYSTEM FACULTY OF MEDICINE, PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The objectives of this research are to study 1) the efficiency of the academic expert database system; Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University and 2) problems and suggestions of the users of the system. The sample group of the research is 188 academic personnel in Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University. Research tool was a questionnaire. Statistics used in data analysis include mean (), standard deviation (S.D), and frequency distribution (f).

The overall results showed that the efficiency of using the system was at a high level (= 4.25, S.D = 0.74). For the study of the problem, feedback from users of the system found that the Researcher Portal format worked well and was appropriate. This was consistent with the efficiency of the database system in designing and presenting data, which was at a good level (= 4.43, S.D = 0.67). For the first two problems encountered, namely, the information of some academic experts was incomplete and out of date (f = 10) and lack of promotion on the use of the system (f = 5). The suggestions for such problems, require a research assistant to prepare the data from expert lecturers then update the database system (f = 5), check with each expert lecturers individually and increase communication to make them more aware so that expert lecturers and those involved realize the benefits of the database (f = 3). This study leads to the development of the more efficient operation of the system.