Learning PDA skills online is feasible and acceptable to clerkship students.

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dc.contributor.authorStrayer, Scott M
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Pamela M
dc.contributor.authorStephens, Mark B
dc.contributor.authorYew, Kenneth S
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-06T16:53:23Z
dc.date.available2020-02-06T16:53:23Z
dc.date.issued2008-11-28
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND The feasibility and acceptability of teaching medical students to use PDA clinical decision support tools via a Web based course have not been previously evaluated METHODS A total of 119 third year family medicine clerkship students completed a baseline survey on PDA use attended an introductory PDA lecture and were invited to voluntarily access a Web based course through Blackboard All students had been previously issued with PDAs in their second year RESULTS At baseline 95 of students reported having removed their PDA from its box 59 reported using it weekly and 71 had loaded medical applications From August 2006 March 2007 36 students accessed the course 610 times range 8 54 The PDA cases comprised 63 of hits course resources 30 of hits and course information 6 of hits Students evaluated the course equally to other clerkship didactics CONCLUSIONS It is feasible and acceptable to students to teach PDA decision support tools in an online course In our setting for the minority of students who chose to learn online the format was successful and met their needs
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/Not available
dc.identifier.urihttps://lib.digitalsquare.io/xmlui/handle/123456789/4183
dc.relation.uriFamily medicine
dc.titleLearning PDA skills online is feasible and acceptable to clerkship students.en
dcterms.abstractBACKGROUND The feasibility and acceptability of teaching medical students to use PDA clinical decision support tools via a Web based course have not been previously evaluated METHODS A total of 119 third year family medicine clerkship students completed a baseline survey on PDA use attended an introductory PDA lecture and were invited to voluntarily access a Web based course through Blackboard All students had been previously issued with PDAs in their second year RESULTS At baseline 95 of students reported having removed their PDA from its box 59 reported using it weekly and 71 had loaded medical applications From August 2006 March 2007 36 students accessed the course 610 times range 8 54 The PDA cases comprised 63 of hits course resources 30 of hits and course information 6 of hits Students evaluated the course equally to other clerkship didactics CONCLUSIONS It is feasible and acceptable to students to teach PDA decision support tools in an online course In our setting for the minority of students who chose to learn online the format was successful and met their needs
dcterms.contributorStrayer, Scott M
dcterms.contributorWilliams, Pamela M
dcterms.contributorStephens, Mark B
dcterms.contributorYew, Kenneth S
dcterms.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/Not available
dcterms.relationFamily medicine
dcterms.titleLearning PDA skills online is feasible and acceptable to clerkship students.en
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