There is an increasing number of Apps available in the different marketplaces. Most part of them are categorized according to the criterion of the developer, which may make this classification inaccurate sometimes. The object of this paper is to provide some insights regarding the use of health Apps among undergraduate medical students, residents, specialists and medical teachers. This paper also list the Apps most used and the reasons claimed by these participants in case they do not used them. The methodology used to collect the data was a noninstrumental design based on a questionnaire to retrieve quantitative and qualitative data. The final number of participants involved in this research was 124. The results obtained with this research reveal that 38% of them use this type of Apps. Besides, residents, specialists and medical teachers use more medical Apps than students. Finally, the two main reasons of not using them stated by the participants were the unawareness and the lack of necessity.

A teaching experience related to the evaluation of self-learning in the control and prevention of Healthcare-Related Infections (HCAI) in healthcare settings is presented. For this purpose, we have considered the measurement of self-learning through the pedagogical E-book designed for this reason. The measurement procedure aims to determine the assessment made by nursing students, since they are the ones to whom this training support is addressed. The procedure initially poses to the students the completion of different tasks that are managed in the training support. Subsequently, an individual evaluation of its use is made by means of a structured questionnaire and another group evaluation by means of a focus group. The results show the functionality of the E-book to transfer the training contents on control and prevention of HCAI in health care settings in an autonomous way, as well as to acquire and develop key competencies in the professional practice of nursing. CCS CONCEPTS• Applied computing → Life and medical sciences; Life and medical sciences; Health informatics; Education; E-learning.

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Mobile devices and apps are placed in a prominent position in the daily routine of all people. The fast evolution of these devices and their main advantages have caused a real impact in the society. Currently, they are essential tools to be totally connected anywhere and to consult and access information of any field. The use of these devices has been increasing since the last decade. The emergence of new and sophisticated devices and new services has contributed to this sparkling uptrend. One of the fields that society is using these mobile technologies is in learning. The aim of this chapter is to describe the current situation of these technologies and to make an approach of the future tendencies of these tools. To achieve this goal, it was necessary to conduct a survey and involve different undergraduate students of the university and different professionals. Results reveal that students are using more and more apps and mobile devices but there is an important gap between students and professionals so it is still necessary to boost their relevance to improve their potential use.