Profile of Educational Technology Use by Medical Students and Evaluation of a New Mobile Application Designed for the Study of Human Physiology.

Nowadays, smartphones represent an invaluable tool to access educational material; however, the available information is not always accurate or evidence-based. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the use of technology by medical students and assess the effect of a newly developed mobile app for the stud...

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Publicado en:Journal of Medical Systems Vol. 43; no. 10
Autores principales: Oliveira, Erica Y., Crosewski, Nathalia I., Silva, André L. M., Ribeiro, Cibele T. D., de Oliveira, Camila M., Fogaça, Rosalvo T. H., Dias, Fernando A. L.
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Oct2019
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          Oliveira, Erica Y.
          Crosewski, Nathalia I.
          Silva, André L. M.
          Ribeiro, Cibele T. D.
          de Oliveira, Camila M.
          Fogaça, Rosalvo T. H.
          Dias, Fernando A. L.
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          Students, Medical
          Education, Medical
          Educational Technology
          Mobile Applications Evaluation
          Physiology Education
          Human
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Questionnaires
          Fisher's Exact Test
          Programming Languages
          Data Analysis Software
          Descriptive Statistics
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          Female
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      ab: Nowadays, smartphones represent an invaluable tool to access educational material; however, the available information is not always accurate or evidence-based. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the use of technology by medical students and assess the effect of a newly developed mobile app for the study of human physiology. We used a standardised questionnaire to assess the profile of educational technology use, from which a mobile app (PhysioQuiz) was developed. The effectiveness and user opinion were assessed in a randomised controlled study (n = 110). Of 1022 students enrolled in medical school, 489 (47.9%) participated in the study. Of the respondents, 96.7% used mobile applications, with the main purpose being entertainment (94.7%) and study (81.9%). Only 6.1% reported use of physiology apps. PhysioQuiz use did not yield higher average grades (p = 0.48); however, user opinion demonstrated that it was useful for assisted learning (82.1%) and identification of non-learned content (78.6%) and considered a tool for self-assessment (89.3%). Mobile app use is widespread among medical students but there is a lack of human physiology education apps. A newly developed app for the study of human physiology was useful for assisted learning and considered a tool for self-assessment.
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