Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Panamericana, Donatello 59, Colonia Mixcoac, Mexico City, Mexico.
Unidad de Investigación Epidemiológica y en Servicios de Salud, Área Envejecimiento (UIESSAE), Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Mexico City, Mexico.
J Med Syst. 2020 Mar 16;44(4):90. doi: 10.1007/s10916-020-01559-w.
Information and communication technologies (ICT) are practical and highly available tools. In medical education, ICTs allow physicians to update their knowledge and remember the necessary information within reach of current mobile devices. ICTs as preparation tools for medical education have not been reported for medical students in Mexico. To assess the use of mobile devices as ICTs with medical education purposes, we distributed a questionnaire through an online survey management system to all the medical students (n = 180) from a private university in Mexico City, 100% agreed to participate. We developed a questionnaire based on previous surveys and adapted it to our university. All participants reported possession of an electronic mobile device, and 95% used it regularly for learning purposes. Regardless of the school year, the most frequent usage given to these devices was the search and reading of medical articles, the use of medical calculators, and taking notes. As the levels in career advances, there was a reduction in the use of electronic devices. According to the students, the main barriers towards using mobile devices for learning purposes were both the lack of access to the Internet and permission from the professor to use them. Most medical students use mobile devices for learning purposes, but usage changes during their education. It is convenient to encourage the use of mobile devices and the development of ICT skills as tools for educational purposes rather than banning their use in schools and hospitals.
信息和通信技术（ICT）是实用且高度可用的工具。在医学教育中，ICT 使医生能够更新知识并记住当前移动设备触手可及的必要信息。在墨西哥，尚未有关于 ICT 作为医学教育准备工具的报道。为了评估移动设备作为具有医学教育目的的 ICT 的使用情况，我们通过在线调查管理系统向墨西哥城一所私立大学的所有医学生（n=180）分发了一份问卷，他们 100%同意参与。我们根据之前的调查制定了一份问卷，并将其改编为我们的大学。所有参与者都报告拥有电子移动设备，并且 95%的人定期将其用于学习目的。无论在哪个学年，这些设备最常被用于搜索和阅读医学文章、使用医学计算器和做笔记。随着学业水平的提高，使用电子设备的频率有所降低。根据学生的说法，使用移动设备进行学习的主要障碍是缺乏互联网访问权限和教授允许使用它们的权限。大多数医学生使用移动设备进行学习，但在教育过程中使用情况会发生变化。鼓励使用移动设备和开发 ICT 技能作为教育工具，而不是禁止在学校和医院使用它们，这是很方便的。
