Mobile Devices for Medical Students

Sa’ad LawsWeill Cornell Medical College in Qatar

About Qatar

About WCMC-Q

About Our Students

About the Medical

Program

About DeLib?

Overview of WCMC-Q iPad

Program

What is DeLib’s Role in the iPad Program?

Successes!

Challenges…

What We’ve Learned So Far…• We don’t know enough about what our students do with

iPads

• There needs to be a review/appraisal of apps

• More emphasis on practice

• More emphasis and research on mobile information literacy

In the Future...

What Does All This Mean?...

Mobile Devices in Medical Education & Health Care

• 75% of U.S. Physicians own an iPad, iPhone or iPod

• There is a Major Emphasis on Using Mobile Devices to access EMR

• Terry Survey: 90% of Physicians Want Mobile Access to EMR

• Many Physicians Report That Mobile Devices Improves Workflows and Improves Patient Care.

Mobile at the Hospital

Ways that Students Can Use

iPads

There’s An App For

that…

Tech Savvy Students

Mobile Information Literacy

Conclusions…Product vs. Practice• In Class• In the Field

App ReviewsMajor Emphasis on Mobile Information LiteracyNeed to Keep Current with Users

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