The Impact of a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Case Log in a Medical Student Clerkship

Ho, Kendall; Lauscher, Helen Novak; Broudo, Marc; Jarvis-Selinger, Sandra; Fraser, Joan; Hewes, Deborah K.M.; Scott, Ian

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“…For students the desired purpose of these appears to be to receive administrative information relating to timetabling and lecture content, and secondly the need for revision and quiz type apps. This does align with previous studies describing using mobile devices to enhance competency sign offs [17], and student case logbooks [18]. No studies have explored the benefit of incorporating lecture timetabling and lecture objectives into a smartphone format.…”

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“…Trelease described the use of the smartphone as a potential “learn anywhere” resource for students [15], with further research exploring the use of podcasts on smartphones as a way of delivering education [16]. Within medical school the requirement of gaining competency sign offs during clinical attachments is very applicable to handheld technology [17], with evidence for improved case logbook use [18]. …”

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Smartphone and medical related App use among medical students and junior doctors in the United Kingdom (UK): a regional survey

Payne

Wharrad

Watts

2012

BMC Med Inform Decis Mak

530

467

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BackgroundSmartphone usage has spread to many settings including that of healthcare with numerous potential and realised benefits. The ability to download custom-built software applications (apps) has created a new wealth of clinical resources available to healthcare staff, providing evidence-based decisional tools to reduce medical errors.Previous literature has examined how smartphones can be utilised by both medical student and doctor populations, to enhance educational and workplace activities, with the potential to improve overall patient care. However, this literature has not examined smartphone acceptance and patterns of medical app usage within the student and junior doctor populations.MethodsAn online survey of medical student and foundation level junior doctor cohorts was undertaken within one United Kingdom healthcare region. Participants were asked whether they owned a Smartphone and if they used apps on their Smartphones to support their education and practice activities. Frequency of use and type of app used was also investigated. Open response questions explored participants’ views on apps that were desired or recommended and the characteristics of apps that were useful.Results257 medical students and 131 junior doctors responded, equating to a response rate of 15.0% and 21.8% respectively. 79.0% (n=203/257) of medical students and 74.8% (n=98/131) of junior doctors owned a smartphone, with 56.6% (n=115/203) of students and 68.4% (n=67/98) of doctors owning an iPhone.The majority of students and doctors owned 1–5 medical related applications, with very few owning more than 10, and iPhone owners significantly more likely to own apps (Chi sq, p<0.001). Both populations showed similar trends of app usage of several times a day. Over 24hours apps were used for between 1–30 minutes for students and 1–20 minutes for doctors, students used disease diagnosis/management and drug reference apps, with doctors favouring clinical score/calculator apps.ConclusionsThis study found a high level of smartphone ownership and usage among medical students and junior doctors. Both groups endorse the development of more apps to support their education and clinical practice.

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confidence: 84%

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confidence: 99%

Smartphone and medical related App use among medical students and junior doctors in the United Kingdom (UK): a regional survey

Payne

Wharrad

Watts

2012

BMC Med Inform Decis Mak

530

467

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“…Reported reasons for this increased level of entry logging included the convenience of portable electronic data entry and the ease with which reflections and data could then be sent to faculty or referred to later by the student. 20 In a Duke University study, residents were invited to attend five midday educational conferences either in person or by watching a video podcast using an iPod. Both sets of residents were quizzed on the content of the educational conferences and the two groups received equivalent scores.…”

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Smartphone Use at a University Health Science Center

Bushhousen

Norton

Butson

et al. 2013

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

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This article describes the results of a survey of library patrons conducted by librarians and information technology specialists at the Health Science Center Libraries at the University of Florida. The purpose of the survey was to learn if and how library patrons were using smartphones to perform their work-related tasks and how patrons felt the library could support smartphone use at the Health Science Center.

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“…It was also seen that the students desire an app which would be developed in conjuction with the organization which would incorporate administrative information relating to timetabling and lecture content, also suggested were revision and quiz type apps (5) , Ho et al seen that students also wanted case logbooks on their PDA (6) . However no studies have explored the benefits of incorporating lecture timetabling and lecture objectives into a smartphone format.…”

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A Study on the Usage of Smartphones amongst First Year Medical Students in an Indian Medical College

Kumar¹,

Krishnan²,

Sapkota³

2015

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The Impact of a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Case Log in a Medical Student Clerkship

Abstract: PDA-based patient-encounter logs appear to be effective case documentation and reflection tools. The difference in number of logs between control and intervention groups demonstrates the utility of the PDA for "point-of-care" patient logging.

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Smartphone and medical related App use among medical students and junior doctors in the United Kingdom (UK): a regional survey

Smartphone and medical related App use among medical students and junior doctors in the United Kingdom (UK): a regional survey

Smartphone Use at a University Health Science Center

A Study on the Usage of Smartphones amongst First Year Medical Students in an Indian Medical College

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