How a mobile app supports the learning and practice of newly qualified doctors in the UK: An intervention study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bullock, Alison ^a   Dimond, Rebecca ^a   Webb, Katie ^a   Lovatt, Joseph ^b   Hardyman, Wendy ^c   Stacey, Mark ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Capita Project Services Friends Life Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient safety; Smartphones; Technology enhanced learning; Trainee doctors; Transitions; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

BOOK; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MOBILE APPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARDS; WALES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERENCE BOOKS, MEDICAL; WALES;

EID: 84928318805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0356-8     Document Type: Article

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