Table 2.

Doctors' perceptions of usefulness of various functions of the personal digital assistant (PDA)

Function	Useful*	Owns software applications†
Drug information	45 (83.3)	16 (29.6)
Medical references	44 (81.5)	27 (50.0)
Scheduling/calendar	38 (70.4)	Not applicable
Medical calculators	37 (68.5)	18 (33.3)
Documentation	17 (31.5)	Not applicable

* Data are presented as the number (%) of doctors who chose "Strongly agree" or "Agree", as opposed to "Not sure", "Disagree" or "Strongly disagree" when the 54 doctors who owned personal digital assistants were asked if each function was useful for acquiring medical knowledge.

^† Data are presented as the number (%) of doctors who owned the relevant medical software applications.