ArticleInternational journal of medical education2017
Can a smartphone app improve medical trainees' knowledge of antibiotics?
Article in International journal of medical education, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07347015 (Impact Evaluation of a Prescription Search Support), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Impact Evaluation of a Prescription Search Support (PSS) for Antimicrobials Using a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Design in Belgian Primary Care
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis to identify behavioural content and active ingredients of antimicrobial stewardship education and training interventions in hospital-based care settings.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2025Pooled it
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- Use of stewardship smartphone applications by physicians and prescribing of antimicrobials in hospitals: A systematic review.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions to promote home radon testing: A randomized clinical trial of a smartphone app vs. printed brochures.Cancer medicine · 2023Trial
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- Effectiveness of WeChat for Improving Exclusive Breastfeeding in Huzhu County China: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- A clinical decision support system improves antibiotic therapy for upper urinary tract infection in a randomized single-blinded study.BMC health services research · 2020Trial
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- Development and evaluation of a massive open online course (MOOC) to teach medical students the prudent use of antibiotics.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2025Article
- A novel smartphone application for bladder cancer management (BCM App): Design, development, and usability evaluation.Journal of education and health promotion · 2024Article
- Gamified antimicrobial decision support app (GADSA) changes antibiotics prescription behaviour in surgeons in Nigeria: a hospital-based pilot study.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2023Article
- Online information acquisition affects food risk prevention behaviours: the roles of topic concern, information credibility and risk perception.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The effectiveness of a WeChat-based self-assessment with a tailored feedback report on improving complementary feeding and movement behaviour of children aged 6-20 months in rural China: a cluster randomized controlled trial.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2023Article
- Appropriate antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance: knowledge, attitudes and behaviour of medical students and their needs and preferences for learning.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2023Article
- Core Elements for Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs in Korean General Hospitals.Infection & chemotherapy · 2022Review
- Usability Methods and Attributes Reported in Usability Studies of Mobile Apps for Health Care Education: Scoping Review.JMIR medical education · 2022Article
- Effect of Smartphone App's Intervention on Consumers' Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Perception of Food Poisoning Prevention When Dining Out at Selected Rural Areas in Terengganu.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- 'It makes life so much easier'-experiences of users of the MicroGuide™ smartphone app for improving antibiotic prescribing behaviour in UK hospitals: an interview study.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2021Article
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- Antimicrobial Stewardship Interventions to Combat Antibiotic Resistance: an Update on Targeted Strategies.Current infectious disease reports · 2019Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine whether a smartphone app, containing local bacterial resistance patterns (antibiogram) and treatment guidelines, improved knowledge of prescribing antimicrobials among medical trainees.
methodsWe conducted a prospective, controlled, pre-post study of medical trainees with access to a smartphone app (app group) containing our hospital's antibiogram and treatment guidelines compared to those without access (control group). Participants completed a survey which included a knowledge assessment test (score range, 0 [lowest possible score] to 12 [highest possible score]) at the start of the study and four weeks later. The primary outcome was change in mean knowledge assessment test scores between week 0 and week 4. Change in knowledge assessment test scores in the app group were compared to the difference in scores in the control group using multivariable linear regression.
resultsSixty-two residents and senior medical students participated in the study. In a multivariable analysis controlling for sex and prior knowledge, app use was associated with a 1.1 point (95% CI: 0.10, 2.1) [β = 1.08, t(1) = 2.08, p = 0.04] higher change in knowledge score compared to the change in knowledge scores in the control group. Among those in the app group, 88% found it easy to navigate, 85% found it useful, and about one- quarter used it daily.
conclusionsAn antibiogram and treatment algorithm app increased knowledge of prescribing antimicrobials in the context of local antibiotic resistance patterns. These findings reinforce the notion that smartphone apps can be a useful and innovative means of delivering medical education.
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