Mobile devices in medicine: a survey of how medical students, residents, and faculty use smartphones and other mobile devices to find information

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Storie, Dale
  • Boruff, Jill

• The research investigated the extent to which students, residents, and faculty members in Canadian medical faculties use mobile devices, such as smartphones (e.g., iPhone, Android, Blackberry) and tablet computers (e.g., iPad), to answer clinical questions and find medical information. The results of this study will inform how health libraries can effectively support mobile technology and collections.

• Date created

  2014-01-15

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Mobile devices
  • Medicine
  • Information seeking

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3W53S

• License

  Attribution 3.0 International