The role of tablets in accessing information throughout undergraduate medical education in Botswana

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 71-77

  Witt, Rachel E ^a   Kebaetse, Masego B ^b   Holmes, John H ^a   Ryan, Littman Quinn ^c   Ketshogileng, Dineo ^b   Antwi, Cynthia ^c   Kovarik, Carrie ^a   Nkomazana, Oathokwa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c BOTSWANA UPENN PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Medical education; Mobile learning (mLearning); Tablets

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; E-LEARNING; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOBILE DEVICES;

HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MEDICAL INFORMATION RESOURCES; MOBILE LEARNING (MLEARNING); PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION; TABLETS; UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION; UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA;

STUDENTS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROCOMPUTER; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; UTILIZATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BOTSWANA; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84958206487     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2016.01.006     Document Type: Article

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