Use of mobile technology applications in the routine of students during the last year of medicine undergraduate degree

Authors

  • Lorena Juliana Marinho Estanislau Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde. Recife, PE
  • Aline Pereira Morais Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde. Recife, PE
  • Rodolpho Omena Cabral Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde. Recife, PE
  • José Eudes de Lorena Sobrinho Universidade de Pernambuco, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Recife, PE
  • Suélem Barros de Lorena Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde. Recife, PE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v13i3.1632

Keywords:

Mobile applications, Medical students, Smartphone, Support to clinical decision, Medical education.

Abstract

The use of applications has been growing in the field of health, becoming a daily routine in the practice of professionals and students. Therefore, knowing the benefits and risks of its use is necessary. The study presented here aims to verify the opinions and attitudes reported by medical students about the use of applications in the outpatient routine in a teaching hospital. It is a cross-sectional study and it was developed in 2017 in Recife, in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, using a self-administered questionnaire asked by 73 students of the last year of medicine undergraduate degree. The results reveal that the majority (95.9%) of the students reported having a smartphone and 98.6% specified that they use mobile devices for academic purposes. The most common purpose of using applications was to consult existing drugs (93.2%) and almost all students (98.6%) believe that the applications used are reliables. However, there are doubts if routine use interferes with the professional-patient relationship. We concluded that the use of applications is growing, but there are still disagreements about its benefits and harms.

Author Biographies

Lorena Juliana Marinho Estanislau, Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde. Recife, PE

Graduando em Medicina pela Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde.

Aline Pereira Morais, Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde. Recife, PE

Graduando em Medicina pela Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde.

Rodolpho Omena Cabral, Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde. Recife, PE

Graduando em Medicina pela Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde.

José Eudes de Lorena Sobrinho, Universidade de Pernambuco, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Recife, PE

Doutorado em Saúde Pública pela Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.

Suélem Barros de Lorena, Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde. Recife, PE

Doutorado em Saúde Pública pela Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.

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Published

2019-09-13

How to Cite

Estanislau, L. J. M., Morais, A. P., Cabral, R. O., Lorena Sobrinho, J. E. de, & Lorena, S. B. de. (2019). Use of mobile technology applications in the routine of students during the last year of medicine undergraduate degree. Revista Eletrônica De Comunicação, Informação & Inovação Em Saúde, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.29397/reciis.v13i3.1632

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 3 (2019): Dossiê 40 anos do Movimento LGBT no Brasil: visibilidades e representações

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Original articles

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