Assessment of Smartphone Medical Applications as a Self-Directed Learning Tool for Medical Students and Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship—A KAP Survey
Natarajan Shanmuga Vadivoo,
Krishnan Sudha,
Balasundaram Usha
Abstract:OBJECTIVES Smartphones have become a powerful instrument in academic life for medical professions worldwide. Global lockdown due to COVID-19 pandemic culminated in the closure of educational institutions and resulted in shifting to online teaching. In our newly implemented competency-based medical education curriculum (CBME) for medical graduates, self-directed learning (SDL) is one of the teachings—learning methods. Smartphones are an essential tool for SDL in medical school. This main objective of the study … Show more
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