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Smartphone-Based Mobile Learning with Physician Trainees in Botswana

Smartphone-Based Mobile Learning with Physician Trainees in Botswana

Aileen Y. Chang, Ryan Littman-Quinn, Dineo Ketshogileng, Amit Chandra, Taatske Rijken, Sankalpo Ghose, Andrea Kyer, Anne K. Seymour, Carrie L. Kovarik
Copyright: © 2012 |Volume: 4 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 14
ISSN: 1941-8647|EISSN: 1941-8655|EISBN13: 9781466613461|DOI: 10.4018/jmbl.2012040101
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Chang, Aileen Y., et al. "Smartphone-Based Mobile Learning with Physician Trainees in Botswana." IJMBL vol.4, no.2 2012: pp.1-14. http://doi.org/10.4018/jmbl.2012040101

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Chang, A. Y., Littman-Quinn, R., Ketshogileng, D., Chandra, A., Rijken, T., Ghose, S., Kyer, A., Seymour, A. K., & Kovarik, C. L. (2012). Smartphone-Based Mobile Learning with Physician Trainees in Botswana. International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL), 4(2), 1-14. http://doi.org/10.4018/jmbl.2012040101

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Chang, Aileen Y., et al. "Smartphone-Based Mobile Learning with Physician Trainees in Botswana," International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (IJMBL) 4, no.2: 1-14. http://doi.org/10.4018/jmbl.2012040101

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Abstract

In recent years, mobile learning in medicine has been utilized to increase healthcare providers’ access to health information. This has improved healthcare providers’ ability to make appropriate clinical decisions at point-of-care, particularly in resource-limited settings. Mobile phones facilitate information and communication technology support for patient care and collaboration amongst providers. In this paper, the authors describe a smartphone-based mobile learning initiative with physician trainees at the University of Botswana School of Medicine, focusing on the authors’ experiences with recent scale-up efforts to remote areas of Botswana. The authors also explore the potential impact of mobile learning in developing health capacity.

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