ArticleJRSM open2016
Using low-cost Android tablets and instructional videos to teach clinical skills to medical students in Kenya: a prospective study.
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- Mobile Digital Education for Health Professions: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by the Digital Health Education Collaboration.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
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- Evaluation of e-learning for medical education in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Computers & education · 2020Article
- E-learning in healthcare professional education: an analysis of political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) factors.MedEdPublish (2016) · 2019Article
- The use of low-cost Android tablets to train community health workers in Mukono, Uganda, in the recognition, treatment and prevention of pneumonia in children under five: a pilot randomised controlled trial.Human resources for health · 2018Article
- Distributed Learning: Revitalizing Anesthesiology Training in Resource-Limited Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess the feasibility and impact of using a low-cost Android tablet to deliver clinical skills training to third-year medical students in Kenya.
designA prospective study using a low cost tablet called 'connecTAB', which was designed and manufactured specifically for areas with low bandwidth. Instructional video tutorials demonstrating techniques of cardiovascular and abdominal clinical examinations were pre-loaded onto the tablet.
settingMaseno University School of Medicine, Western Kenya.
participantsFifty-one third-year medical students from Maseno University School of Medicine were subjects in the study. Twenty-five students were assigned to the intervention group and 26 to the control group.
main outcome measuresAt the start of the study, students from both groups completed an Observed Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) of the cardiovascular and abdominal evaluations. Students who were allocated to the intervention group then received the connecTAB, whereas students in the control group did not. After a period of three weeks, students from both groups completed a post-study OSCE for both the cardiovascular and abdominal evaluations.
resultsThere were significantly higher improvements in the scores for both cardiovascular and abdominal examinations (p < 0.001) within the group who received the e-tablets as compared to the control group.
conclusionThe study suggests that access to connecTAB improves clinical education and efficacy and holds promise for international training in both medical and allied healthcare professional spheres in resource-limited settings.
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