iMedEd: the role of mobile health technologies in medical education.

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dc.contributor.authorGaglani, Shiv M
dc.contributor.authorTopol, Eric J
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-06T19:14:19Z
dc.date.available2020-02-06T19:14:19Z
dc.date.issued2014-08-27
dc.description.abstractMobile health mHealth technologies have experienced a recent surge in attention because of their potential to transform the delivery of health care This enthusiasm is partly due to the near ubiquity of smartphones and tablets among clinicians as well as to the stream of mobile medical apps and devices being created While much discussion has been devoted to how these tools will impact the practice of medicine surprisingly little has been written on the role these technologies will play in medical education In this commentary the authors describe the opportunities applications and challenges of mHealth apps and devices in medical education and argue that medical schools should make efforts to integrate these technologies into their curricula By not doing so medical educators risk producing a generation of clinicians underprepared for the changing realities of medical practice brought on by mHealth technologies
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000000361
dc.identifier.urihttps://lib.digitalsquare.io/xmlui/handle/123456789/7353
dc.relation.uriAcademic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
dc.titleiMedEd: the role of mobile health technologies in medical education.en
dcterms.abstractMobile health mHealth technologies have experienced a recent surge in attention because of their potential to transform the delivery of health care This enthusiasm is partly due to the near ubiquity of smartphones and tablets among clinicians as well as to the stream of mobile medical apps and devices being created While much discussion has been devoted to how these tools will impact the practice of medicine surprisingly little has been written on the role these technologies will play in medical education In this commentary the authors describe the opportunities applications and challenges of mHealth apps and devices in medical education and argue that medical schools should make efforts to integrate these technologies into their curricula By not doing so medical educators risk producing a generation of clinicians underprepared for the changing realities of medical practice brought on by mHealth technologies
dcterms.contributorGaglani, Shiv M
dcterms.contributorTopol, Eric J
dcterms.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000000361
dcterms.relationAcademic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
dcterms.titleiMedEd: the role of mobile health technologies in medical education.en
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