IPhone and IPad in Medicine and Health Sciences; Experiences in Teaching and Clinical Practice
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Abstract
Background
Over the past few years, many in higher education are eager to see how mobile technologies will transform higher education and the practice of medicine and health sciences. With the recent release of the iPhone and iPad, a large number of health professionals and academics have yet to become familiar with how and why mobile handheld communication devices can provide added value in both a teaching and clinical context. Today’s students are skilled practitioners of mobile devices and social networking; students use technology naturally and in ways that allow them to do what they want, anytime, any place and across all geographical boundaries. Physicians, nurses, health professionals and faculty have yet to become advocates and users of handheld devices to share, engage and connect in meaningful ways with their patients, staff, colleagues, residents and students. New forms of communication, collaboration and engagement in both the classroom and clinical settings, create new frontiers for collaboration across disciplines and provide us with original opportunities for academic innovation, collective intelligence and knowledge creation. We need to examine the nature and the characteristics of these mobile devices with a particular emphasis on collaboration and social media tools. In the faculty of medicine at the University of Montreal, several faculty members and graduate students in occupational therapy have recently begun to discover ways in which the most recent mobile devices can be applied in the classroom setting as well as in hospitals and rehabilitation centers.
This oral presentation has three main objectives. Firstly, it will describe how the iPhone and iPad are being integrated and deployed in American and Canadian universities and hospitals. Secondly, it will address the significance of mobile devices (including tablets and smart phones) as tools for communication, collaboration and social networking as well as some of the users’ attitudes and perceptions of mobile learning and social networking. Finally, it will present a list of the author's Top 10 Web 2.0 applications for teaching and learning as well as patient education and intervention. Conclusions
The discussion will focus on how mobile learning and social networking will in the future become significant tools of change for medical and health science education and practice. Obstacles that may be encountered while integrating these mobile devices will be addressed and recommendations for future direction of research will conclude the presentation.
Over the past few years, many in higher education are eager to see how mobile technologies will transform higher education and the practice of medicine and health sciences. With the recent release of the iPhone and iPad, a large number of health professionals and academics have yet to become familiar with how and why mobile handheld communication devices can provide added value in both a teaching and clinical context. Today’s students are skilled practitioners of mobile devices and social networking; students use technology naturally and in ways that allow them to do what they want, anytime, any place and across all geographical boundaries. Physicians, nurses, health professionals and faculty have yet to become advocates and users of handheld devices to share, engage and connect in meaningful ways with their patients, staff, colleagues, residents and students. New forms of communication, collaboration and engagement in both the classroom and clinical settings, create new frontiers for collaboration across disciplines and provide us with original opportunities for academic innovation, collective intelligence and knowledge creation. We need to examine the nature and the characteristics of these mobile devices with a particular emphasis on collaboration and social media tools. In the faculty of medicine at the University of Montreal, several faculty members and graduate students in occupational therapy have recently begun to discover ways in which the most recent mobile devices can be applied in the classroom setting as well as in hospitals and rehabilitation centers.
This oral presentation has three main objectives. Firstly, it will describe how the iPhone and iPad are being integrated and deployed in American and Canadian universities and hospitals. Secondly, it will address the significance of mobile devices (including tablets and smart phones) as tools for communication, collaboration and social networking as well as some of the users’ attitudes and perceptions of mobile learning and social networking. Finally, it will present a list of the author's Top 10 Web 2.0 applications for teaching and learning as well as patient education and intervention. Conclusions
The discussion will focus on how mobile learning and social networking will in the future become significant tools of change for medical and health science education and practice. Obstacles that may be encountered while integrating these mobile devices will be addressed and recommendations for future direction of research will conclude the presentation.
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