Use of personal digital assistants (PDAs) in reflection on learning and practice

Ranson, Sonya L.; Boothby, John; Mazmanian, Paul E.; Alvanzo, Anika

doi:10.1002/chp.142

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“…Most of the users were male [16,22,59,61], with some exceptions among students [36,47] and faculty [49]. Medical residents used PDAs more than physicians [22,31], but there were also reports of a similar frequency of use amongst the two categories [27], and some physicians used a PDA when teaching medical students [53]. …”

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The Use of the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Among Personnel and Students in Health Care: A Review

Lindquist¹,

Johansson²,

Petersson³

et al. 2008

J Med Internet Res

139

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BackgroundHealth care personnel need access to updated information anywhere and at any time, and a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) has the potential to meet these requirements. A PDA is a mobile tool which has been employed widely for various purposes in health care practice, and the level of its use is expected to increase. Loaded with suitable functions and software applications, a PDA might qualify as the tool that personnel and students in health care need. In Sweden today, despite its leadership role in mobile technologies, PDAs are not commonly used, and there is a lack of suitable functions and software applications.ObjectiveThe aim of the present review was to obtain an overview of existing research on the use of PDAs among personnel and students in health care.MethodsThe literature search included original peer-reviewed research articles written in English and published from 1996 to 2008. All study designs were considered for inclusion. We excluded reviews and studies focusing on the use of PDAs in classroom situations. From March 2006 to the last update in May 2008, we searched PubMed, CINAHL, Cochrane, IngentaConnect, and a local search engine (ELIN@Kalmar). We conducted a content analysis, using Nielsen’s Model of System Acceptability as a theoretical framework in structuring and presenting the results.ResultsFrom the 900 references initially screened, 172 articles were selected and critically assessed until 48 articles remained. The majority originated in North-America (USA: n=24, Canada: n=11). The categories which emerged from our content analysis coincided to a certain extent to Nielsen’s Model of System Acceptability (social and practical acceptability), including usefulness (utility and usability) subcategories such as learnability, efficiency, errors, and satisfaction. The studies showed that health care personnel and students used PDAs in patient care with varied frequency. Most of the users were physicians. There is some evidence that the use of a PDA in health care settings might improve decision-making, reduce the numbers of medical errors, and enhance learning for both students and professionals, but the evidence is not strong, with most studies being descriptive, and only 6 randomized controlled trials. Several special software programs have been created and tested for PDAs, and a wide range of situations for their use have been reported for different patient groups. Drug and medical information were commonly accessed by PDA users, and the PDA was often viewed as the preferred tool when compared to paper-based documents. Some users regarded the PDA easy to operate, while others found it difficult in the beginning.ConclusionsThis overview of the use of PDAs revealed a positive attitude towards the PDA, which was regarded as a feasible and convenient tool. The possibility of immediate access to medical information has the potential to improve patient care. The PDA seems to be a valuable tool for personnel and students in health care, but there is a need for further intervention studies, ra...

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confidence: 99%

The Use of the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Among Personnel and Students in Health Care: A Review

Lindquist¹,

Johansson²,

Petersson³

et al. 2008

J Med Internet Res

139

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“…PDAs, also known as handheld PCs or personal data assistants (Viken, 2009), were first released in the middle of 1980s in order to ease the users' daily lives and enable the mentioned data access. Likewise search engines, diverse types of PDAs were regarded as crucial handheld devices that have been used by multiple disciplines since their introduction in the mid-1990s (Ranson, Boothby, Mazmanian, Alvanzo, 2007). In the following steps of these developments, PDAs started to be used for daily scheduling, set up appointments as portable devices designed with touch screen technology that frees the user to record telephone numbers, addresses, appointments and to-do lists (Lenox, Terri, Woratschek & Charles, 2002).…”

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On the track of Artificial Intelligence: Learning with Intelligent Personal Assistants

2016

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In a technology dominated world, useful and timely information can be accessed quickly via Intelligent Personal Assistants (IPAs). By the use of these assistants built into mobile operating systems, daily electronic tasks of a user can be accomplished 24/7. Such tasks like taking dictation, getting turn-by-turn directions, vocalizing email messages, reminding daily appointments, setting reminders, responding any factual questions and invoking apps can be completed by IPAs such as Apple's Siri, Google Now and Microsoft Cortana. The mentioned assistants programmed within Artificial Intelligence (AI) do create an interaction between human and computer through a natural language used in digital communication. In this regard, the overall purpose of this study is to examine the potential use of IPAs that use advanced cognitive computing technologies and Natural Language Processing (NLP) for learning. To achieve this purpose, the working system of IPAs is reviewed briefly within the scope of AI that has recently become smarter to predict, comprehend and carry out multi-step and complex requests of users.

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“…This new scenario has increased the relevance of clinical practice in the learning process and, by consequence, the use of Reflective E-Portfolios. In the literature, there are several proposals for portfolios that support clinical practice [2][3][4][5][6][7], but often they fail in supporting the multiple characteristics of ubiquitous learning instruments. Some solutions use platform specific languages and frameworks that restrict the number of compatible devices [4,6,7].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the literature, there are several proposals for portfolios that support clinical practice [2][3][4][5][6][7], but often they fail in supporting the multiple characteristics of ubiquitous learning instruments. Some solutions use platform specific languages and frameworks that restrict the number of compatible devices [4,6,7]. Others use Web-based technologies [2,3,5] that restrict the environments where they can be used.…”

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A Ubiquitous Reflective E-Portfolio Architecture

Forte

Souza

Silva

et al. 2013

International Journal of Medical Informatics

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Use of personal digital assistants (PDAs) in reflection on learning and practice

Cited by 24 publications

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The Use of the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Among Personnel and Students in Health Care: A Review

The Use of the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) Among Personnel and Students in Health Care: A Review

On the track of Artificial Intelligence: Learning with Intelligent Personal Assistants

A Ubiquitous Reflective E-Portfolio Architecture

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