A balancing act: A phenomenological exploration of medical students' experiences of using mobile devices in the clinical setting

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Rashid Doubell, F ^a   Mohamed, S ^a   Elmusharaf, K ^a,b   O'Neill, C S ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DATA ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LEARNING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MIDDLE EAST; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL IMAGE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TEACHER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SMARTPHONE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEARNING; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SMARTPHONE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84971310855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011896     Document Type: Article

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