Smartphones as multimodal communication devices to facilitate clinical knowledge processes: Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Pimmer, Christoph ^a   Mateescu, Magdalena ^a   Zahn, Carmen ^a   Genewein, Urs ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Audiovisual aids; Educational technology; Learning; Mobile health; Mobile phone; Multimedia; Problem solving; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL AID; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE HEALTH; MOBILE PHONE; MULTIMEDIA; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWITZERLAND; TELEMEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING; MOBILE HEALTH; MOBILE PHONE; MULTIMEDIA; PROBLEM SOLVING; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84902300576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.2758     Document Type: Article

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