Jehanzaib Shah, Usman Haq, Ali Bashir, Syed Aslam Shah.
Awareness of academic use of smartphones and medical apps among medical students in a private medical college?.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;66(2):184-6.

Objective: To assess the awareness of medical apps and academic use of smartphones among medical students. Methods: The questionnaire-based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in January 2015 and comprised medical students of the Rawal Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan. The self-designed questionnaire was reviewed by a panel of expert for content reliability and validity. Questionnaires were distributed in the classrooms and were filled by the students anonymously. SPSS 16 was used for statistical analysis. Results: Among the 569 medical students in the study, 545 (95.8%) had smartphones and 24(4.2%) were using simple cell phones. Overall, 226(41.46%) of the smart phone users were using some medical apps. Besides, 137(24.08%) were aware of the medical apps but were not using them. Also, 391(71.7%) students were not using any type of medical text eBooks through their phone, and only 154(28.3%) had relevant text eBooks in their phones. Conclusions: Medical college students were using smartphones mostly as a means of telecommunication rather than a gadget for improving medical knowledge.

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