TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing the Evidence Base for M-Learning in Undergraduate Radiology Education
T2 - Identifying Learner Preferences for Mobile Apps
AU - Darras, Kathryn E.
AU - van Merrienboer, Jeroen J. G.
AU - Toom, Matthew
AU - Roberson, Nathan D.
AU - de Bruin, Anique B. H.
AU - Nicolaou, Savvas
AU - Forster, Bruce B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Canadian Association of Radiologists
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - Purpose: There is a lack of evidence for developing radiology mobile apps for medical students. This study identifies the characteristics which students perceive as most valuable to teaching radiology with mobile apps (m-learning).Methods: An online anonymous survey was administered to second- to fourth-year medical students at a single institution. The survey, which was based on established theoretical framework, collected students' preferred content organization, content presentation, and delivery strategies. The Copeland method was used to rank student preferences and a 2-tailed t test was used to determine if student responses were related to their clinical experience, with statistical significance at P <.05.Results: The response rate was 25.6% (163/635). For content organization, image interpretation (66.9%), imaging anatomy (61.3%), and common pathological conditions (50.3%) were selected as the most important. For content presentation, quizzes (49.1%) and case presentations (46.0%) were selected as the most useful. Students with clinical experience rated algorithms as more important (P <.01) and quizzes as less important (P = .03). For delivery strategies, ease of use (92.6%), navigation (90.8%), and gestural design (74.8%) were deemed the most applicable.Conclusion: This study documents medical students' preferences for m-learning in radiology. Although learner preferences are not the only feature to consider in the development of educational technology, these provide the initial framework for radiologists wishing to develop and incorporate mobile apps into their teaching. (C) 2019 Canadian Association of Radiologists. All rights reserved.
AB - Purpose: There is a lack of evidence for developing radiology mobile apps for medical students. This study identifies the characteristics which students perceive as most valuable to teaching radiology with mobile apps (m-learning).Methods: An online anonymous survey was administered to second- to fourth-year medical students at a single institution. The survey, which was based on established theoretical framework, collected students' preferred content organization, content presentation, and delivery strategies. The Copeland method was used to rank student preferences and a 2-tailed t test was used to determine if student responses were related to their clinical experience, with statistical significance at P <.05.Results: The response rate was 25.6% (163/635). For content organization, image interpretation (66.9%), imaging anatomy (61.3%), and common pathological conditions (50.3%) were selected as the most important. For content presentation, quizzes (49.1%) and case presentations (46.0%) were selected as the most useful. Students with clinical experience rated algorithms as more important (P <.01) and quizzes as less important (P = .03). For delivery strategies, ease of use (92.6%), navigation (90.8%), and gestural design (74.8%) were deemed the most applicable.Conclusion: This study documents medical students' preferences for m-learning in radiology. Although learner preferences are not the only feature to consider in the development of educational technology, these provide the initial framework for radiologists wishing to develop and incorporate mobile apps into their teaching. (C) 2019 Canadian Association of Radiologists. All rights reserved.
KW - Education technology
KW - Undergraduate
KW - Radiology
KW - M-learning
KW - Mobile apps
KW - MEDICAL-EDUCATION
KW - SMARTPHONES
KW - STUDENTS
KW - ANATOMY
U2 - 10.1016/j.carj.2019.03.007
DO - 10.1016/j.carj.2019.03.007
M3 - Article
C2 - 31300315
SN - 0846-5371
VL - 70
SP - 320
EP - 326
JO - Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal
JF - Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal
IS - 3
ER -