Survey of handheld computing among medical students

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 196-202

  Grasso, Michael A ^a   Yen, M Jim ^b   Mintz, Matthew L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Handheld computer; Mobile computing; Personal digital assistant

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; STUDENTS;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; HANDHELD COMPUTER;

MOBILE COMPUTING;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; SATISFACTION; SKILL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 33744942875     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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