Interns and their smartphones: Use for clinical practice

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 1060, 2014, Pages 75-79

  O'Connor, P ^a   Byrne, D ^b   Butt, M ^b   Offiah, G ^c   Lydon, S ^a   McInerney, K ^a   Stewart, Brian ^a   Kerin, M J ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICES; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRELAND; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOBILE APPLICATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMARTPHONE; TEXT MESSAGING;

MEDICAL EDUCATION & TRAINING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; CELLULAR PHONE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; IRELAND; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; OWNERSHIP; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84892897663     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2013-131930     Document Type: Article

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