Johns Hopkins Medicine, 601 North Caroline Street, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
J Digit Imaging. 2020 Aug;33(4):1058-1064. doi: 10.1007/s10278-020-00345-x.
Apple changed the communications landscape with its 2007 introduction of the iPhone. In little more than a decade, most Americans have become smartphone owners. With more than 200,000 applications (apps) for education available in the Apple App Store, we can infer that many smartphone owners use their devices to learn. Several surveys of medical students reveal that apps do indeed enhance clinical knowledge and provide comparable training with textbooks. We launched our first iOS app, the CTisus iQuiz, in 2010 in response to the growing number of portable devices, and with an intention to grow alongside technology. We now have 17 apps available for free on the App Store, and present tips here on how to successfully develop apps for radiology education. Furthermore, we detail the steps necessary to advertise a new app and use analytics to assess how the app is performing. Generating apps for radiology can play an important role in continuing education. As the medical and education fields are integrating increasingly with technology, it is essential that we use technology to reach and interact with its users. Creating iOS applications and using analytics to understand how they meet the goals of the developer can expand the reach of the medical and education communities and render information more accessible on mobile devices on a large scale.
苹果公司在 2007 年推出 iPhone，改变了通讯领域的格局。在短短十余年的时间里，大多数美国人都成为了智能手机的拥有者。在苹果应用商店里有超过 20 万款教育类应用程序(app)，我们可以推断出许多智能手机用户都在使用他们的设备进行学习。有几项针对医学生的调查显示，应用程序确实可以增强临床知识，并提供与教科书相当的培训。我们在 2010 年推出了我们的第一个 iOS 应用程序 CTisus iQuiz，以应对越来越多的便携式设备，并打算与技术一起发展。现在我们在 App Store 上有 17 个免费的应用程序，并在这里提供有关如何成功开发放射科教育应用程序的技巧。此外，我们详细介绍了宣传新应用程序所需的步骤，并使用分析来评估应用程序的性能。为放射科开发应用程序可以在继续教育中发挥重要作用。随着医学和教育领域越来越多地与技术融合，我们必须利用技术来接触和与用户互动。创建 iOS 应用程序并使用分析来了解它们如何满足开发者的目标，可以扩大医学和教育社区的影响力，并在移动设备上大规模提供更便捷的信息。
