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. 2017 Apr 18;3(1):e6. doi: 10.2196/mededu.6858

Table 3.

Physician use for education to support actual patient cases.

Physician use Mean number of actual case situations per physiciana
By circumstances of educational use

To assist in making the diagnosis 6.35

To confirm a suspected diagnosis 3.46

As a teaching aid 1.37

For case management 0.94

When specialist not available 0.67

To decide whether to consult a specialist 0.60
By app function

Lab Test Algorithm 7.15

Lab Value Analyzer 6.24
By physician specialty

Hematology 22.36

Hematology/oncology 14.06

Critical care 14.00

Emergency medicine 12.57

Other specialties 10.80
Overall 13.39

aIncluding only physicians who have used the app for patient-case-related POC education (n=165).