KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE OF HEALTH NFORMATION MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONERS ON OPERATION OF NATIONAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM IN UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN TEACHING HOSPITAL, ILORIN, KWARA STATE.

This project on impact of internet usage on the academic performance of health information management students of Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa (KWACOTECH). The project work is design to identify the sources of internet use among health information management students of KWACOTECH, to examine the effect of internet use on the academic performance of health information management students of KWACOTECH, to identify the implication of socio-media on the academic performance of health information management students of KWACOTECH and also to identify the problems associated with the internet usage among health information management students of KWACOTECH. The project work is a descriptive method and the target populations are the health information management students of KWACOTECH. The adopted technique is convenience sampling technique and the adopted instrument is questionnaire, simple frequency and percentage was used for the analysis. The research work shows that internet usage has direct positive impact on the student’s academic performance. The internet usage however enhances the knowledge of the students, provide necessary information for their academic work, facilitates personality developments among the students and also enhances their academic competencies. It was also shows that the most preferred source of internet for the students is their mobile phones and social media does not have negative impact on their academic works. It is therefore recommended that there is a need for extensive training programmes organized at regular intervals so that all categories of users can improve their efficiency in the use of the internet.