1MBBS Student, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre and Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Nagpur
*Corresponding Author : Dr. Arti Ajay Kasulkar, Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Center and Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Digdoh Hills, Hingana Road, Nagpur-440019, Contact : +91 9881907277, Email : artinarde@rediffmail.com
Smart phones are becoming a more relevant forum for delivering health information and medical interventions. The majority of newer generation smart phones are increasingly being seen as portable computers.
A cross-sectional questionnaire-based online survey was conducted among medical students to assess their knowledge regarding use of smart phones and medical related applications and to identify barriers if any in its usage.
197 (98.5%) students owned a smart phone, android 173(86.5%) being the preferred operating system. Marrow (49.6%), Prepladder (34.1%), and Medscape (22.9%) were the top one medical application they preferred to use. 145(72.5%) students used Medical information education programming for learning purpose and found useful and reliable for learning.
Rapid introduction of modern technology has altered many facets of our communication and has the ability to alter how we educate, read, and practice medicine. Smartphone technology is transforming how medicine is learned and practiced, with medical students increasingly preferring to access convenient, frequently updated web-based literature over hard copies of books or journals.
Smart phones, Medical related applications, Learning, Medical undergraduates, Questionnaire
