Practicing evidence based medicine at the bedside: A randomized controlled pilot study in undergraduate medical students assessing the practicality of tablets, smartphones, and computers in clinical life

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Friederichs, Hendrik ^a   Marschall, Bernhard ^a   Weissenstein, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Mobile device; Smartphone; Tablet computer; Usability

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROCOMPUTER; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

CELL PHONES; COMPUTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964315270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12911-014-0113-7     Document Type: Article

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