A semi-quantitative and thematic analysis of medical student attitudes towards M-Learning

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 925-930

  Green, Ben L ^a   Kennedy, Iain ^b   Hassanzadeh, Hadi ^c   Sharma, Suneal ^a   Frith, Gareth ^d   Darling, Jonathan C ^a  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c MAIDSTONE AND TUNBRIDGE WELLS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

iPhone; M Learning; smartphone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; STUDENT ATTITUDE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SMARTPHONE; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMARTPHONE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84944164214     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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