Title :
Using mobile applications in continuing medical education
Author :
Spachos, Dimitris ; Hatzichristou, Dimitrios ; Bamidis, Panagiotis
Author_Institution :
Med. Scholl, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract :
We describe the design, development and usage of a mobile hybrid application (UROMobile), with a high usability factor, in an interactive medical school with more than 120 attendees. UROMobile application offers support for several learning activities, as well as program information, general evaluation forms, profile information and many more. The evaluation results shows that there is a successful case study on how to use a mobile application in the education field.
Keywords :
biomedical education; continuing education; educational institutions; medical computing; mobile learning; ISUD; Institute for the Study of Urological Diseases; UROMobile application; continuing medical education; interactive medical school; learning activities; mobile applications; mobile hybrid application; program information; usability factor; Conferences; Continuing education; Educational institutions; Mobile communication; Surgery; Usability; continuing education; m-learning; medical education; mobile learning; mobile technology;
Conference_Titel :
Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning (IMCL), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Thessaloniki
DOI :
10.1109/IMCTL.2014.7011152
