A mixed-method research to investigate the adoption of mobile devices and Web2.0 technologies among medical students and educators

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Fan, Si ^a   Radford, Jan ^b   Fabian, Debbie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

digiMe; Digital habitat; Medical education; Mobile devices; Web 2.0 technologies

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOPTION; GROUNDED THEORY; HABITAT; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SMARTPHONE; SOFTWARE; TABLET; UNIVERSITY; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MOBILE APPLICATION; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; SMARTPHONE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007524321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12911-016-0283-6     Document Type: Article

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