Awareness of academic use of smartphones and medical apps among medical students in a private medical college?

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 184-186

  Shah, Jehanzaib ^a   Haq, Usman ^b   Bashir, Ali ^c   Shah, Syed Aslam ^b  

^a Department of Orthopedics ^*  (Pakistan)

^b Rawal Institute of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^c Benazir Bhutto Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Medical applications; Medical college; Medical education; Medical students; Smartphones

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SMARTPHONE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION; VALIDITY; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOBILE APPLICATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHING; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PAKISTAN; SMARTPHONE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING MATERIALS;

EID: 84954510652     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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