Mobile Digital Education for Health Professions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by the Digital Health Education Collaboration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a pressing need to implement efficient and cost-effective training to address the worldwide shortage of health professionals. Mobile digital education (mLearning) has been mooted as a potential solution to increase the delivery of health professions education as it offers the opportunity for wide access at low cost and flexibility with the portability of mobile devices. To better inform policy making, we need to determine the effectiveness of mLearning.

Objective

The primary objective of this review was to evaluate the effectiveness of mLearning interventions for delivering health professions education in terms of learners' knowledge, skills, attitudes, and satisfaction.

Methods

We performed a systematic review of the effectiveness of mLearning in

SUBMITTER: Dunleavy G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6390189 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature