1. School of Medicine
Mobile Learning Programme
Nancy Davies
June 2012

2. Why Mobile Learning?
• Background in mobile learning and
considerable skills having worked with the
ALPS CETL (www.alps-cetl.ac.uk)
• Retaining ‘near patient’ learning
• Timely access to medical information
• Feedback opportunities from practice professionals
• Opportunities for recording evidence and feedback
• Encouraging good lifelong learning practices
• Many different placement environments with varied
access to IT

3. Martini Learning
Opportunities for learning -
• Anytime
• Anyplace
• Anywhere

4. Solution
iPhones provided to Year 4 and
5 to use as their device (260
in each year)
O2 3G Network with unlimited
data
Students can pay to use for calls
and texts

5. Why Apple?
• Desirability of iPhone
-
acceptance by Students
• Richness of app store
• Usability of device
• Infection Control

6. Key aspects of
• Part of new curriculum delivered in 2010
• Mobile embedded as part of blended
learning strategy not just an add-on
• Students at the heart of
developments

7. Apps for
assessme
nt and

8. Apps
• Progress File ‘Blog’ app - Recording
evidence or can just use as a diary for
reflective learning
• MiniCEX app – assessment for learning,
gathers feedback on skills from clinicians
• Learning Suite app – for quick quizzes
with automatic feedback, reflective and
evaluation exercises
• All free from the Apple App Store

9. Medical Resources
• Dr Companion app
• BNF
• Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine
• Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialities
• Other apps, supported by app review site (http://
www.medicine.leeds.ac.uk/mbchb/medicalApps.aspx)
• Developing own apps with students – OSCE
support, orientation, MCQ banks

10. eBook Extras
• Search across
multiple books
• Browse history
• Bookmarks
• Constantly
updated
• Zoom in to
images
• Portability

11. The e-portfolio
(Progress File)
• Space for reflecting on progress
• Space for recording evidence
• Space for publishing assessment outcomes
• Preparing for Life Long
Learning
• Developing skills for CPD
• Key tool for Mobile learning

12. Evaluati

13. Benefits of mobile learning near
patients – students
“I think it’s a great advantage though because if you think you are going to look
something up at home and you don’t have a piece of paper …you’ll forget it. I find I
have a lot of free time, so if I’m going into the back room….I can look it up, oh
yeah I know what that is now.”
“…like I have sat in clinic…and the doctor has said to me “in a
minute I’m going to ask you about nephrotic syndrome” and
then he sort of turned round to go on his computer and I was
like ok, nephrotic syndrome, um, so I’ve used it for literally just
looking something up a lot.”
“Disability friendly.You can’t carry books on a ward”

14. Benefits of mobile learning near
patients – teachers
“Access to clinical information at the time they think of the question -
more likely to look something up there and then than if have to
remember to do so at a later date.” (Clinician)
“Usually better/faster than hospital IT” (Clinician)
“They were used in appropriate places in clinical settings… e.g. doctors
office or behind desk and they were used for appropriate activities so I
was not concerned. Had they been playing games on them in less
appropriate settings my answer would be different.” (Clinician)

15. Issues with mobile learning near
patients
• “I don’t usually use it in front of patients. I think it’s quite
unprofessional actually to use it in front of patients.” (Student)
• “Doesn’t look good. Even if being used legitimately it just looks
like they are texting their friends.” (Clinician)
• “I am happy with this at appropriate moments but not if I or
the patient are talking. I don’t want patients to take routine
phone calls or play on their phones and I wouldn’t [do] so
during a consultation. I would hope students will show similar
etiquette.” (Clinician)

16. Accessing information
With only one option available how would
you access medical reference?
Book in Purchase PC eBook Mobile
Library Own book eBook
Long ref 24 27 12 43
clinic
Short ref 9 8 9 76
clinic
Long ref 50 34 17 10
campus
Short ref 28 15 12 55
Campus
Overall 111 84 50 184
results
n=121

17. Benefits to Students
• Lifelong learning, good CPD practice
• Being prepared
• Students can get support and
assessment in work-based practice
• Extra skills
• Awareness of good quality, up to date
resources

18. Benefits to Leeds
• The new MBChB is underpinned by innovative
technology enhanced learning
• Acceptance of the device - wide impact
• Real innovation in teaching medicine
• Students can get support and assessment in
work-based practice
• First steps to expanding mobile learning

19. Questio
telteam@leeds.ac
.uk