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

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Payne, Karl Frederick Braekkan ^a   Wharrad, Heather ^b   Watts, Kim ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

App use; Doctors; Medical students; Mobile technologies; Smartphones; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE PHONE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CELLULAR PHONE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OWNERSHIP; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84867900090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-12-121     Document Type: Article

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