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Growing Trend of Medical Students in Utilizing Electronic Devices for Studying

Hea Yun Yoon, Jung-A Shin1
The Ewha Medical Journal 2019;42(1):1-5. Published online: January 29, 2019

Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

1Department of Anatomy, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author: Jung-A Shin. Department of Anatomy, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, 1071 Anyangcheon-ro, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul 07985, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2650-2645, Fax: 82-2-2650-5711, sja@ewha.ac.kr
• Received: December 10, 2018   • Revised: January 8, 2018   • Accepted: January 8, 2018

Copyright © 2019. Ewha Womans University School of Medicine

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  • Objectives
    There is a growing trend of medical students using electronic devices for studying. This paper analyzes such trend and assesses if the utilization of devices is adequate to effectively help students to study.
  • Methods
    Survey of total 155 medical students about the usage of the electronic devices for studying during the first year of medical school was done. The answers were matched with their exam scores in the first year.
  • Results
    Most of students were using a device, as a learning tool and the most important purpose of it was its convenience, especially for taking notes during lectures. However, students who didn't use a device when they learned anatomy or who studied with the printouts showed a tendency of receiving better scores on exams.
  • Conclusion
    Utilizing electronic devices for studying tends to be more convenient, but not effective for studying anatomy.
  • Keywords: Students, medical; Educational technology; Educational methods; Computers
This work was supported by the Ewha Womans University Research Grant of 2018, and the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2017R1C1B1011306).
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Fig. 1

Average anatomy exam score of the participants who did use or did not use a device for notetaking during the lecture. Average exam score of non-users (341.4±4.28) is higher than that of device users (325.2±3.85) by 16.22 (P=0.006). *P<0.05.

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Fig. 2

Average anatomy exam score of the participants who completely or partially or never use a device for reviewing the lecture. Average exam score of the participants who don't use a device when reviewing the lecture is higher than the rest of the groups, showing a tendency of non-device-users receiving better exam scores on anatomy.

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Table 1

The purpose of the purchase and the reason for notetaking with a device

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Table 2

Questions related to the attitudes to using a device for learning

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Table 3

Statistics for results embryology and anatomy tests

SD, standard deviation; SEM, standard error of mean.

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Table 4

Statistics for results embryology and anatomy tests

SD, standard deviation; SEM, standard error of mean.

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      Fig. 1 Average anatomy exam score of the participants who did use or did not use a device for notetaking during the lecture. Average exam score of non-users (341.4±4.28) is higher than that of device users (325.2±3.85) by 16.22 (P=0.006). *P<0.05.
      Fig. 2 Average anatomy exam score of the participants who completely or partially or never use a device for reviewing the lecture. Average exam score of the participants who don't use a device when reviewing the lecture is higher than the rest of the groups, showing a tendency of non-device-users receiving better exam scores on anatomy.

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      Growing Trend of Medical Students in Utilizing Electronic Devices for Studying

      The purpose of the purchase and the reason for notetaking with a device

      Questions related to the attitudes to using a device for learning

      Statistics for results embryology and anatomy tests

      SD, standard deviation; SEM, standard error of mean.

      Statistics for results embryology and anatomy tests

      SD, standard deviation; SEM, standard error of mean.
      Table 1 The purpose of the purchase and the reason for notetaking with a device

      Table 2 Questions related to the attitudes to using a device for learning

      Table 3 Statistics for results embryology and anatomy tests

      SD, standard deviation; SEM, standard error of mean.

      Table 4 Statistics for results embryology and anatomy tests

      SD, standard deviation; SEM, standard error of mean.

      Table 1

      Table 2

      Table 3

      Table 4

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