Morris Carl G, Church Lili, Vincent Chris, Rao Ashwin
Family Medicine Residency Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104-2499, USA.
Fam Med. 2007 Jun;39(6):419-24.
Utilization of personal digital assistants (PDAs) in residency education is common, but information about their use and how residents are trained to use them is limited. Better understanding of resident and faculty PDA use and training is needed.
We used a cross-sectional survey of 598 residents and faculty from the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) Family Medicine Residency Network regarding PDA usage and training.
Use of PDAs is common among residents (94%) and faculty (79%). Ninety-six percent of faculty and residents report stable or increasing frequency of use over time. The common barriers to PDA use relate to lack of time, knowledge, and formal education. Approximately half of PDA users (52%) have received some formal training; however, the majority of users report being self-taught. Faculty and residents prefer either small-group or one-on-one settings with hands-on, self-directed, interactive formats for PDA training. Large-group settings in lecture, written, or computer program formats were considered less helpful or desirable.
PDAs have become a commonly used clinical tool. Lack of time and adequate training present a barrier to optimal application of PDAs in family medicine residency education.
个人数字助理（PDA）在住院医师培训教育中的使用很普遍，但关于其使用情况以及住院医师如何接受使用培训的信息有限。因此需要更好地了解住院医师和教员对PDA的使用及培训情况。
我们对来自WWAMI（华盛顿、怀俄明、阿拉斯加、蒙大拿和爱达荷）家庭医学住院医师培训网络的598名住院医师和教员进行了一项关于PDA使用和培训的横断面调查。
PDA在住院医师（94%）和教员（79%）中使用很普遍。96%的教员和住院医师报告随着时间推移使用频率稳定或增加。PDA使用的常见障碍与时间不足、知识欠缺和缺乏正规教育有关。大约一半的PDA用户（52%）接受过一些正规培训；然而，大多数用户表示是自学的。教员和住院医师更喜欢小组或一对一的培训方式，采用实践操作、自主学习、互动式的PDA培训形式。讲座、书面或计算机程序形式的大组培训被认为帮助较小或不太受欢迎。
PDA已成为常用的临床工具。时间不足和缺乏充分培训是PDA在家庭医学住院医师培训教育中实现最佳应用的障碍。
