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Information and communication technology, mobile devices, and medical education

Andrea Rodriguez Rio, Gerardo Espinoza Tellez, View ORCID ProfileJosé Darío Martínez-Ezquerro, View ORCID ProfileMario Enrique Rendón-Macías
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/420281
Andrea Rodriguez Rio
Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Panamericana;
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Gerardo Espinoza Tellez
Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Panamericana;
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José Darío Martínez-Ezquerro
Unidad de Investigación Médica en Genética Humana, CMN SXXI IMSS;
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Mario Enrique Rendón-Macías
Universidad Panamericana. Unidad Investigacion Analisis y Sintesis de la Evidencia IMSS
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Introduction: Information and communication technologies (ICT) are practical and highly available tools that combined with the vast amount of knowledge available in the web have several implications in everyday life, including education. In medical education, ICTs allow physicians to update their knowledge and remember basic information within the reach of current mobile devices. However, few authors have studied ICTs as preparation tools for medical education and, to the best of our knowledge, none has been reported for medical students in Mexico. Methodology: To assess the use of mobile devices as ICTs with medical education purposes, we distributed a questionnaire through an online survey management system to all the medical students (n=215) from a private university in Mexico City, and 83% agreed to participate in the study. We developed the questionnaire based on previous surveys and adapted it to the particular conditions of the university. Results: All participants reported possession of an electronic mobile device and 95% of them use it regularly for learning purposes. Regardless of the school year, the most frequent usage given to these devices was the search and reading of medical articles and pharmacologic information, use of medical calculators, and taking notes. We observed that as the students advanced in school year there was a reduction in the use of electronic devices with an inverse correlation between higher career levels and the use of electronic devices. According to the students, the main barriers towards using mobile devices for learning purposes were both the lack of access to the internet and of permission from the professor to use them. Conclusion: Most medical students use mobile devices for learning purposes, but usage changes during the course of their education. It is convenient to encourage the use of mobile devices and development of ICT skills as tools for educational purposes rather than banning their use in schools and hospitals.

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Andrea Rodriguez Rio, Gerardo Espinoza Tellez, José Darío Martínez-Ezquerro, Mario Enrique Rendón-Macías
bioRxiv 420281; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/420281
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Andrea Rodriguez Rio, Gerardo Espinoza Tellez, José Darío Martínez-Ezquerro, Mario Enrique Rendón-Macías
bioRxiv 420281; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/420281

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