Title |
Medical student attitudes toward video games and related new media technologies in medical education
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Published in |
BMC Medical Education, June 2010
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6920-10-50 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Frederick W Kron, Craig L Gjerde, Ananda Sen, Michael D Fetters |
Abstract |
Studies in K-12 and college students show that their learning preferences have been strongly shaped by new media technologies like video games, virtual reality environments, the Internet, and social networks. However, there is no known research on medical students' game experiences or attitudes towards new media technologies in medical education. This investigation seeks to elucidate medical student experiences and attitudes, to see whether they warrant the development of new media teaching methods in medicine. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 3 | 38% |
United Kingdom | 3 | 38% |
Unknown | 2 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 6 | 75% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 7 | 2% |
Spain | 5 | 1% |
United States | 4 | <1% |
South Africa | 4 | <1% |
Colombia | 2 | <1% |
Germany | 2 | <1% |
Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1 | <1% |
Kenya | 1 | <1% |
Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
Other | 7 | 2% |
Unknown | 397 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 60 | 14% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 59 | 14% |
Student > Bachelor | 47 | 11% |
Researcher | 41 | 10% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 29 | 7% |
Other | 113 | 26% |
Unknown | 82 | 19% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 108 | 25% |
Social Sciences | 61 | 14% |
Computer Science | 37 | 9% |
Psychology | 26 | 6% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 5% |
Other | 82 | 19% |
Unknown | 95 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
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#6,211,130
of 23,339,727 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medical Education
#1,004
of 3,441 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#28,972
of 95,160 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Education
#3
of 10 outputs
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