Table 3.

Percieved Advantages and Disadvantages

	Average post-intervention response	Change (p)
Perceived Advantages:
Producing better notes	3.44	0.31 (< 0.01)
Generates more opportunities for group learning	3.63	0.12 (0.12)
Ability to link different sources of information	3.93	− 0.08 (0.28)
More efficient use of study time	3.97	0.14 (0.06)
Access to more up-to-date resources	4.09	−0.18 (< 0.01)
Access to multimedia learning	4.17	−0.15 (< 0.05)
Ease of everyday administrative tasks	4.25	−0.18 (< 0.05)
Easier and faster to find information	4.28	−0.25 (< 0.001)
Perceived Disadvantages:
Encourages acquisition of superficial layers of knowledge rather than in-depth learning	2.41	−0.31 (< 0.001)
Cost of device	3.65	−0.37 (< 0.001)
Information overload	2.47	−0.42 (< 0.001)
Risk of loss or theft	3.49	−0.43 (< 0.001)
Need to account for new professional/personal behaviours	2.71	−0.46 (< 0.001)
Information not always accessible due to absence of internet connection	3.69	−0.48 (< 0.001)
Difficult to ascertain quality and accuracy of available apps	2.85	−0.52 (< 0.001)
Risk of unauthorised access to personal data	2.83	−0.55 (< 0.001)
Distracts from communicating with patients	2.41	−0.55 (< 0.001)
Distracts from the clinical environment	2.50	−0.62 (< 0.001)
Reliance on mobile device rather than own initiative/skills	2.56	−0.64 (< 0.001)
Negative perceptions by clinicians	2.52	−0.89 (< 0.001)
Negative perception by patients or their relatives	2.64	−0.93 (< 0.001)

Significant p< 0.05 are in bold italic