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Doctors' perceptions of usefulness of various functions of the personal digital assistant (PDA) |
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| Function |
Useful* |
Owns software applications† |
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| Drug information |
45 (83.3) |
16 (29.6) |
| Medical references |
44 (81.5) |
27 (50.0) |
| Scheduling/calendar |
38 (70.4) |
Not applicable |
| Medical calculators |
37 (68.5) |
18 (33.3) |
| Documentation |
17 (31.5) |
Not applicable |
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* Data are presented as the number (%) of doctors who chose "Strongly agree" or "Agree", as opposed to "Not sure", "Disagree" or "Strongly disagree" when the 54 doctors who owned personal digital assistants were asked if each function was useful for acquiring medical knowledge. † Data are presented as the number (%) of doctors who owned the relevant medical software applications. | ||
Phua and Lim BMC Medical Education 2008 8:39 doi:10.1186/1472-6920-8-39 |
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