Abstract
In recent years, mobile learning in medicine has been utilized to increase healthcare providers' access to health information. This has improved healthcare providers' ability to make appropriate clinical decisions at point-of-care, particularly in resource-limited settings. Mobile phones facilitate information and communication technology support for patient care and collaboration amongst providers. In this paper, the authors describe a smartphone-based mobile learning initiative with physician trainees at the University of Botswana School of Medicine, focusing on the authors' experiences with recent scale-up efforts to remote areas of Botswana. The authors also explore the potential impact of mobile learning in developing health capacity.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1-14 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning |
Volume | 4 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Development
- Healthcare
- ICT
- Information
- Medical education
- Medical students
- Mhealth
- Mlearning
- Mobile
- Physicians
- Resource-Limited
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Computer Science
- Education