Perception of medical students for utility of mobile technology use in medical education

Abstract

Introduction:Mobile technology is changing the way we live, and it is beginning to change the way we learn. Current literature reviews have shown that research on mobile technology in medical education primarily focused on efficacy, of mobile devices as an educational tool and resource, infrastructure to support m-learning, benefits, challenges, and appropriate use. Objectives: To assess the perception of medical student for the utility of mobile technology in their learning experience and to find out different barriers in the application of mobile phone in medical education. Materials and Methods: The study was designed as a descriptive study to assess emerging patterns of mobile technology use by medical students across the academic year 2013-2014. Interview and focus group discussion was a method of data collection. Results: Mean age ± standard deviation of the current mobile was 3.45 ± 1.45 years. Mobile users were 302 (96.79%) and Smartphone users were 261 (83.61%). In the present study, 176 (56.41%) used for the academic purpose and 65 (20.83%) of the students preferred the same for an entertainment purpose. Gender-wise significant difference was observed in regards to Smartphone availability and daily Internet use for education purpose by female was more than male. Conclusion: The lessons learned from this study are-majority of the students use Smartphone mainly for communication, learning, and entertainment purpose. With increasing use of portable devices by students, it is logical to expect the next step to incorporate these devices in the learning environment and should, therefore, be appropriately considered for curriculum.

Learning with mobile technologies – Students’ behavior

“…This Organization has affirmed that m-learning has a great potential in the quality of learning and enhancing the good student's results (UNESCO, 2009). The drivers that could influence in students' behaviour to use mobile technologies for learning, have been considered an engaging factor to assay in many researches (Arteaga, Duarte, & García, 2013;Briz-Ponce & García-Peñalvo, 2015;Chen, 2011;Hong, Thong, & Tam, 2006;Lee & Lehto, 2013;S anchez & Hueros, 2010;Sezer, 2016;Thakre & Thakre, 2015).…”

Utilization of internet by undergraduate medical students

“…It is also being used as an important source of information for medical research. [5][6][7] It is an undeniable fact that internet brings many benefits to our lives. [2] The internet in mobile technology is changing the way we live, and it is beginning to change the way we learn.…”

“…Medical students are in need to keep themselves updated with new information along with their medical curriculum with focus on evidence-based practice. [5] Internet has become the world's biggest library where the retrieval of scientific resources can be done within minutes. [6] It is one of the important scientific developments in the medical field that provides a wealth of information related to different health issues on diseases, therapeutic procedures, and pharmaceutical products.…”

“…Thus, internet-based training has become a vital part of the Medical Education. [5,6] India is the third largest in the world with network of about 120 million internet users and is rapidly catching with the developed countries. [7] In India, Internet use is rapidly increasing, especially in students and there are very few studies that focus on the internet use among undergraduate medical students.…”

Edmodo Multimedia: Supporting Technology for Media Learning at Higher Education

“…This affects the quality of the ability of learners in developing the skills they have. Research conducted by Thakre and Thakre (2015) states that the use of media-based learning technology, mobile learning, and multimedia-based E-learning is a learning that is in great demand by students. Therefore teachers should be more selective in adjusting the motivation of students with the media to be used in learning.…”