Predictors of students' self-reported adoption of a smartphone application for medical education in general practice

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sandholzer, Maximilian ^a   Deutsch, Tobias ^a   Frese, Thomas ^a   Winter, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

EHealth; ELearning; General practice; Independent adoption predictors; Smartphone application

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOBILE APPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMARTPHONE; TEACHING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SMARTPHONE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018143984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-015-0377-3     Document Type: Article

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