| Autor: |
Lalit Leelathipkul, Paskorn Sritipsukho, Chomkwan Decha-umphai, Thitaporn Vivattanasinchai, Patarawut Sritipsukho |
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Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand; Sep2022, Vol. 105 Issue 9, p822-825, 4p |
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Background: Personal and educational use of smartphone is common. Objective: To examine the smartphone use among medical students at Thammasat Medical School. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed by recruiting 200 medical students in clinical years at Thammasat Medical School. Respondents completed a self-administered questionnaire asking about their smartphone use for specific purposes in daily life. Their grade point averages (GPA) from the previous semester were collected. Results: The authors found the medical students spent a mean time of 6.9 hours (SD 3.5 hours) per day using smartphones. They used smartphones mostly for social media, with a mean duration of 2.9 hours (SD 2.6 hours). The most popular medical application/website used for medical education was "Google", followed by "Medscape", "Up to date", and "Clinical key", respectively. A negative Spearman rank correlation (r=-0.19, p<0.012) was found between GPA and total hours spent using smartphones. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated the importance of smartphone use in the daily lives of medical students. Smartphones had both positive and negative impacts on medical education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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