Table 3.
Medical Education, Clinical Practice and Patient Education Use of Mobile Tablet Computers
| Medical Education | ||||||||
| # Completed Surveys | Pre-survey rank mean (SD) | Post-survey rank mean (SD) | Rank Difference (Post − Pre) mean (SD) | P-value | ||||
| Preferred location to study | ||||||||
| Hospital study area | 71 | 3.24 (1.51) | 3.38 (1.24) | 0.14 (1.75) | .50 | |||
| Hospital work area | 71 | 3.17 (1.46) | 2.06 (1.16) | −1.11 (1.74) | <.001 | |||
| Library | 71 | 4.35 (1.43) | 2.44 (1.34) | −1.90 (2.05) | <.001 | |||
| Home | 71 | 1.63 (0.98) | 3.26 (1.28) | 1.60 (1.61) | <.001 | |||
| Coffee shop | 71 | 3.75 (1.68) | 3.85 (1.27) | 0.10 (1.65) | .62 | |||
| Survey Question | # Completed Surveys | Pre / Post Survey Status | P-value | |||||
|
Yes / Yes: n |
Yes / No: n |
No / Yes: n |
No / No: n |
Pre-Survey Yes: n (%) |
Post-Survey Yes: n (%) |
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| Percentage of time studying with tool | ||||||||
| Studying from textbooks: Yes: “>=50%” No: “<50%” |
84 | 25 | 30 | 2 | 27 | 55 (65.5%) | 27 (32.1%) | <.001 |
| Weekly studying time: Yes: “10+ hrs” No: “<10 hrs” |
83 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 54 | 22 (26.5%) | 12 (14.5%) | .033 |
| What was used to read assigned article | ||||||||
| Hard copy | 83 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 25 | 49 (59.0%) | 35 (42.2%) | .013 |
| Computer | 83 | 12 | 27 | 14 | 30 | 39 (47.0%) | 26 (31.3%) | .042 |
| Tablet Computer | 83 | 10 | 2 | 45 | 26 | 12 (14.5%) | 55 (66.3%) | <.001 |
| Clinical Practice | ||||||||
| How were procedures/cases logged | ||||||||
| Tablet computer in addition to ACGME log: | 81 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 48 | 4 (4.9%) | 32 (39.5%) | <.001 |
| How did you chart when conducting rounds? | ||||||||
| Paper Charts | 83 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 54 | 25 (30.1%) | 13 (15.7%) | .0073 |
| Tablet Computer | 83 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 56 | 5 (6.0%) | 23 (27.7%) | <.001 |
| Primary means by which you viewed radiographic images | ||||||||
| Dedicated PACS computer system (hospital) | 82 | 34 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 59 (72.0%) | 47 (57.3%) | .052 |
| Tablet Computer | 82 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 74 | 2 (2.4%) | 7 (8.5%) | .059 |
| Patient Education | ||||||||
| Print-out/hand-out | 26 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 (73.1%) | 14 (53.8%) | .059 |
| Tablet Computer | 26 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 11 | 2 (7.7%) | 15 (57.7%) | <.001 |
| Will the use of the tablet computer improve patient satisfaction? Yes: “Improve” No: “No effect” |
82 | 31 | 19 | 10 | 22 | 50 (61.0%) | 41 (50.0%) | .095 |
Note: Each respondent's answers to the pre- and post-distribution surveys were matched for McNemar Chi-square analysis for categorical variables and Wilcoxon signed rank test for ordinal variables. “# of completed surveys” is the number of respondents who provided responses to the same question in both the pre- and post- surveys. ACGME = Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education; HR = hour; PACS = Picture Archive and Communication System; SD = standard deviation.