Table 2.
Participants’ experiences using personal mobile technology during clinical rotations (n=99)a.
| Question | Never, n (%) |
Rarely (1-3 times / month), n (%) |
Occasionally (1-6 times / week), n (%) |
Frequently (1-10 times / day), n (%) |
Always (>10 times / day), n (%) |
| Q1. I have answered/made a call, texted, or emailed on my personal mobile phone while I was with a patient. | 52 (54) | 35 (36) | 10 (10) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Q2. My senior resident or attending physician has interrupted a patient meeting to answer/make a call, text, or email. | 7 (7) | 38 (40) | 41 (43) | 10 (10) | 0 (0) |
| Q3. I have answered/made a call, texted, or emailed on my personal mobile phone while I was in an educational session (eg, teaching rounds, bullet rounds, etc) | 6 (6) | 24 (25) | 32 (33) | 30 (31) | 5 (5) |
| Q4. My senior resident or attending physician has interrupted an educational session to answer/make a call, text, or email. | 3 (3) | 41 (43) | 34 (35) | 18 (19) | 0 (0) |
| Q5. I used my personal mobile phone for personal matters (eg, personal texts, calls, etc) during clinical rotations. | 2 (2) | 7 (7) | 25 (26) | 49 (52) | 12 (13) |
| Q6. I used my personal mobile phone to text or email identifiable patient data (eg, patient last name, OHIP number, medical record number, etc) to colleagues. | 75 (78) | 17 (18) | 3 (3) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) |
| Q7. My senior resident or attending physician has texted or emailed identifiable patient data to colleagues. | 40 (44) | 38 (42) | 9 (10) | 4 (4) | 0 (0) |
aA total of 99 surveys were returned but some participants did not answer every question.