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. 2023 Nov 13;7:e47977. doi: 10.2196/47977

Table 2.

Technology use for medical education purposes.

Technology use Residents (n=51), n (%) Fellows (n=29), n (%) All trainees (n=80), n (%)
Devices used for anesthesia

Macbook 34 (67) 17 (59) 51 (64)

iPhone or iPod 31 (61) 15 (52) 46 (58)

iPad 22 (43) 13 (45) 35 (44)

Windows computer 16 (31) 13 (45) 29 (36)

Android phone 8 (16) 5 (17) 13 (16)

Android tablet 2 (4) 2 (7) 4 (5)

Other devices 1 (2) 0 (0) 1 (1)

No device 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Purposes for device use

Find drug information 47 (92) 27 (93) 74 (93)

Find practice guidelines 42 (82) 27 (93) 69 (86)

Point of care information 45 (88) 24 (83) 69 (86)

Cloud-based collaborative storage 43 (84) 24 (83) 67 (84)

Retrieve journal articles 37 (73) 28 (97) 65 (81)

Read journal articles 37 (73) 27 (93) 64 (80)

Clinical calculations 40 (78) 24 (83) 64 (80)

Call schedule via Excel sheet 42 (82) 22 (76) 64 (80)

Call schedule via device calendar 35 (69) 24 (83) 59 (74)

Facebook 37 (73) 22 (76) 59 (74)

Checked online evaluation system 37 (73) 13 (45) 50 (63)

Take notes 34 (67) 15 (52) 49 (61)

Time-off manager 25 (49) 1 (3) 26 (33)

Twitter 12 (24) 5 (17) 17 (21)

Blackboard course portal 8 (16) 1 (3) 9 (11)
Frequency of device use for medical purposes

More than once per day 39 (77) 22 (76) 61 (76)

Once per day 7 (14) 5 (17) 12 (15)

Several times a week 5 (10) 2 (7) 7 (9)

Less than several times a week 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
Number of medical apps on devices

0 10 (20) 0 (0) 10 (13)

1-5 27 (53) 15 (52) 42 (53)

6-10 12 (24) 12 (41) 24 (30)

11-20 2 (4) 0 (0) 2 (3)

21-30 0 (0) 1 (3) 1 (1)

31-50 0 (0) 1 (3) 1 (1)

>50 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
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