Laura Briz Ponce, Juan A. Juanes and Francisco J. García-Peñalvo VisualMed System Research Group in InterAction and eLearning (GRIAL) University of Salamanca

1. FIRST APPROACH OF MOBILE
APPLICATIONS STUDY FOR MEDICAL
EDUCATION PURPOSES.
Laura Briz Ponce
Juan Antonio Juanes Méndez
Francisco José García Peñalvo
This research work is made within University of Salamanca PhD Programme on Education in the Knowledge Society Scope.

2. INDEX
• INTRODUCTION
• INVESTIGATION PROJECT
– HYPOTHESIS AND OBJECTIVES
– METHODOLOGY
– RESOURCES AND PLANIFICATION
• FIRST RESULTS.
• CONCLUSION

3. INTRODUCTION
• 6.800 mill of users with a mobile
line
• More than 1 million of mobile
applications in each Play Store
and Apple Store
GROWTH OF
MOBILE
INDUSTRY
• 51% use smartphone daily1
• 29% use tablets1
• 30% use medical apps2.
GROWTH OF
USING MOBILE
PHONES BY
MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS
• Unawareness of better mobile
applications
• Not specialized mandatory
certification
• Pricewaterhouse sees this new
technologies an opportunity for
medical sector.
NECESSITY
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
90%
59%
115
110
105
100
95
90
85
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Por 100 habitantes
% médicos que acceden a Información médica
29%
Smartphone
Tablet
51%
29%
% que médicos que posee el dispositivo
Millones
Nº líneas móviles en España
Nº líneas por 100 habitantes 50 mill us.
Source: Informe Completo de la Comisión Mercado de Telecomunicaciones.
Source 1I Estudio iDoctus – SEMG (datos de 2012)
2General Medical Counci research

4. INDEX
• INTRODUCTION
• INVESTIGATION PROJECT
– HYPOTHESIS AND OBJECTIVES
– METHODOLOGY
– RESOURCES AND PLANIFICATION
• FIRST RESULTS
• CONCLUSION

5. INVESTIGATION PROJECT
Design of the
Research
Samples
Data Collection
HYPOTHESIS OBJECTIVES HYPOTHESIS OBJECTIVES
Difussion Research
INVESTIGATON PROJECT
Data analysis
ESTUDY 1
METHODOLOGY
Variables
Instruments
Population
ESTUDY 2
RESOURCES
PLANIFICATION
RESEARCH JUSTIFICATION
PLANIFICATION
RESOURCES
REFERENCES
REFERENCES

6. INDEX
• INTRODUCTION
• INVESTIGATION PROJECT
– HYPOTHESIS AND OBJECTIVES
– METHODOLOGY
– RESOURCES AND PLANIFICATION
• FIRST RESULTS
• CONCLUSION

7. PROJ.INV.: HYPOTHESIS & OBJETIVES
STUDY 1 STUDY 2
• The quality protocol offers a quality and trust guaranty
of the user
• This protocol can be used in any mobile application
within the education area.
• The dimensions considered for the first quality protocol
are indispensable to have a guaranty and feel
confident about mobile applications.
Main Objective: Technology Acceptance from
students and medical professionals
•The academic and continuous training are related with the
usage of mobility learning.
• The professionals and undergraduate students younger
have more acceptance of the usage of mobility and the new
technologies for learning.
• The undergraduate students have their own mobile device
(smartphone and/or tablet) and use them as a tool for their
learning.
• The medical professionals have a mobile device
(Smartphone and/or Tablet) and use it as a tool for their
learning.
•The medical professionals have a mobile device
(Smartphone and/or tablet) and use it in their job tasks.
•Students and medical professions download very few of
mobile applications for their learning due to the
unawareness.
•Students and medical professionals download very few
mobile applications for their learning due to a lack of trust.
•There is not a quality certification of mobile applications for
the medical training area.
Main Objective: Design of the quality protocol

8. INDEX
• INTRODUCTION
• INVESTIGATION PROJECT
– HYPOTHESIS AND OBJECTIVES
– METHODOLOGY
– RESOURCES AND PLANIFICATION
• FIRST RESULTS
• CONCLUSION

9. PROJ.INV.: METHODOLOGY
Design Variables & Instruments
Descriptive-correlational method.
•STUDY 1: Based in TAM
•STUDY 2: Practical Experimental
•STUDY 1:
•Predictor variables:age, gender, profile,
ownership mob devices, freq. use
•Criterio variables: use and acceptance
•Instrument: Self-administered survey
•STUDY 2:
•Predictor variable: profile, behaviour,
•Criterio variable: dimensins for the protocol
•Instrument: Observation-Based instrument
and survey
•Statistical study to correct mistakes
•Descriptive univariable study: dispersion measure,
central tendency measure and shape measure)
•Discuss the relationship between different variables:
Pearson correlation, Spearman, contingence tables,
factorial analysis, etc
•STUDY 1:
• Population: Undergraduate medical students
and Medical professionals
•Samples: surveys collected
•STUDY 2:
•Population: Undergraduate medical students
and Medical professionals
•Samples: Participants to validate mob
application
Samples & Population Data Collection

10. INDEX
• INTRODUCTION
• INVESTIGATION PROJECT
– HYPOTHESIS AND OBJECTIVES
– METHODOLOGY
– RESOURCES AND PLANIFICATION
• FIRST RESULTS
• CONCLUSION

11. PROJ.INV.: RESOURCES AND PLANIFICATION
ACTIVIDAD SeptOct NovDic Ene Feb MarzAbr MayJun Jul AgosSeptOct Nov Dic Ene Feb MarzAbr MayJun Jul AgosSeptOct Nov Dic Ene Feb MarzAbr MayJun Jul Agos
Determinación del problema de investigación (Selección del equipo de investigación)
Revision bibliográfica
Asistencia a seminarios/cursos formación investigación
Preparación del plan de Investigación
Preparación de las fases de las tesis
Esquema redacción de la tesis
Selección de las aplicaciones para el estudio objeto de la investigación
Establecer las variables externas a tener en cuenta en el modelo TAM del ESTUDIO 1
Identificación de las muestras del ESTUDIO 1
Planificación de la ejecución de la encuesta (duración, recursos, día) del ESTUDIO 1
Descripción de las encuestas TAM para ESTUDIO 1
Elaboración de la encuesta de contexto del ESTUDIO 1
Ejecución de la encuesta vía online y en papel del ESTUDIO 1
Recogida de datos del ESTUDIO 1
Análisis e interpretación de datos del ESTUDIO 1
Planificación del ESTUDIO 2 (recursos, duración, día)
Selección de las dimensiones para el protocolo de calidad borrador
Preparación de los recursos materiales necesarios para el ESTUDIO 2
Redactar el guión de tareas a ejecutar para el ESTUDIO 2
Elaborar la encuesta de pertinencia y adecuación para ESTUDIO 2
Ejecución del ESTUDIO 2
Recogida de datos del ESTUDIO 2
Análisis e interpretación de datos del ESTUDIO 2
Redacción de las conclusiones
Elaboración del protocolo definitivo de calidad de aplicaciones
Identificación de conclusiones finales
Redacción del informe final
Difusión congresos y jornadas
Difusión publicación artículo
Preparación de presentación oral tesis
Lectura Tesis
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12. INDEX
• INTRODUCTION
• INVESTIGATION PROJECT
– HYPOTHESIS AND OBJECTIVES
– METHODOLOGY
– RESOURCES AND PLANIFICATION
• RESULTS
• CONCLUSION

13. RESULTS. STUDY 1
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80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
[I.1] [I.2] [I.3] [I.4] [I.5] [I.6] [I.7] [I.8] [I.9] [I.10]
%
Item
Strongly Disagree Partially Disagree Neither agree nor disagree
Partially Agree Strongly Agree
The 68,9% (n=124)
of the participants
think that a medical
mobile applications
is necessary.
The 34,3% (n=124)
of medical
professionals use
medical applications
for education.
A 5-point Likert
scale was used
for the survey. It
followed the
Davis model. is.
25.00%
20.00%
15.00%
10.00%
5.00%
0.00%
Student Médicos
residentes
Médicos
especialistas
Profesores
médicos
Medical applications Medical applications for education
The range of score is
within 29 and 38 points.

14. RESULTS. STUDY 2
Grupo Control Grupo Experimental

15. Experimental Group
Comparative of passed
participants before and
after of the test. The EG
reached an increase of
60 percentual points
whereas CG reached 20
percentual points.
The EG obtained an increase
of 155% in mean score, whereas
CG obtained a 30%.
RESULTS. STUDY 2
Control Group.
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4.6
2.5
3.25
5
4
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Score Pre EG Score Post EG Score Pre CG Score Post CG
Mean Score

16. INDEX
• INTRODUCTION
• INVESTIGATION PROJECT
– HYPOTHESIS AND OBJECTIVES
– METHODOLOGY
– RESOURCES AND PLANIFICATION
• RESULTS
• CONCLUSION

17. CONCLUSION
• The project investigation is the first step of the
thesis.
• 68,9% of participants consider necessary a
mobile certification
• The first draft of the quality protocol has the
suitable dimensions to validate the mobile
applications.

18. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION
This research work is made within University of Salamanca PhD Programme on Education in the Knowledge Society Scope.