If you feel comfortable handling computer hardware and have another computer available, you can have full access to the information by connecting the hard disk to another computer.
Eighty percent of teachers are not comfortable using computer technology, Ms. Stein said, according to a survey on professional development and training conducted by the United States Department of Education in 1998 and distributed last year.
As these physicians were likely younger and more comfortable using computer systems, it will be important to train older physicians to use these facilities with equal skills.
First, a specific concern in studying the prostate cancer population was that older patients may be less familiar or comfortable with computer technology, and therefore these patients may decline to participate.
For example, a web-based self-management program may not be as appropriate for elderly patients who may not be as comfortable with computer usage as a younger patient.
Printers also need to feel comfortable around computer hardware, software and printing equipment.
If you don't feel comfortable handling computer hardware, ask a tech-savvy friend to help you.
Students need to be comfortable with computers and familiar with using computer programs.
Males, patients who were more comfortable using computers and patients who were more comfortable using a computer to answer questions about their health were more accepting of using the point of care computerized prompts to enhance the quality of care.
It is a cohort that is entirely comfortable with computers, but which also has a memory of the courtesies and languor of the pre-computer age.
