Implementation of a Smartphone application in medical education: A randomised trial (iSTART)

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Martínez, Felipe ^a,b   Tobar, Catalina ^c   Taramasco, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b Area de Investigación y Estudios Clínicos   (Chile)

^c Hospital Dr Gustavo Fricke   (Chile)

Author keywords

Internal medicine; Medical education; Smartphones; Student, medical

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; CHILE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMARTPHONE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION;

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ADULT; CHILE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SMARTPHONE;

EID: 85029579859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-017-1010-4     Document Type: Article

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