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ForwardSmartphone Usage During Patient Care: Implications for Clinical Education
Technology is an important part of health care delivery and is used in various ways; from communicating patient and client medical conditions to prescribing exercises. The usage of technology, specifically smartphones, may be perceived as mainstream technology by health care professional students. Yet, older patients may find the use of smartphones to be a distraction and foster a sense of disconnectedness from the health care provider.
- In what ways, if at all, are health care professional preparation programs educating students on the appropriate and inappropriate times for smartphone usage?
- Is it acceptable to utilize a smartphone during patient care for personal use?
- How many licensed professionals manage personal issues on a smartphone during patient care time?
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Intended Audience
Health Sciences Clinical Educators including faculty, preceptors and instructors.
Learning Objectives
Participants of the online journal club will:
- Examine a research article relevant to clinical teaching and context.
- Apply an evidence based approach to a scenario.
- Discuss the article and case in relation to clinical teaching.
The discussion facilitator will be available to respond to your questions and comments beginning October 8, 2018 until October 14,2018.
To participate in the course follow the directions below:
- After you login, access and read the journal article and scenario information by clicking the Begin tab and then the Begin button. Click the Journal Article tab, open and read the article pdf then click the Scenario tab to read the scenario.
- Click the Discussion Question 1 tab to read and post responses to the question and comments.
- Repeat for Discussion Question 2.
- You should read and respond to the comments and questions from the discussion facilitator and other participants beginning October 8, 2018 until October 14, 2018 or beyond this time as appropriate.
- To see newly posted comments and questions click the Review button on either discussion question tabs or refresh the page in the web browser.
- As this is not a live presentation your engagement by posting timely comments and responses helps keep the conversation fresh.
- The discussion facilitator may continue to, monitor, review and reply to comments periodically as appropriate.
- Remember to see new comments in real time: refresh the page or click the Review button in Discussion Question tabs.
- Next, complete the evaluation.
Continuing education credit is not available for this course. There are no fees for participating in this online educational activity. This activity is available for you to review prior comments and questions through December 2019.
Email stahr2@wisc.edu if you have issues accessing the featured journal article.
Susan L. Wenker, PT, PhD
Assistant Professor (CHS)
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
The discussion facilitator will be available to respond to your questions and comments beginning October 8, 2018 until October 14,2018.
To participate in the course follow the directions below:
- After you login, access and read the journal article and scenario information by clicking the Begin tab and then the Begin button. Click the Journal Article tab, open and read the article pdf then click the Scenario tab to read the scenario.
- Click the Discussion Question 1 tab to read and post responses to the question and comments.
- Repeat for Discussion Question 2.
- You should read and respond to the comments and questions from the discussion facilitator and other participants beginning October 8, 2018 until October 14, 2018 or beyond this time as appropriate.
- To see newly posted comments and questions click the Review button on either discussion question tabs or refresh the page in the web browser.
- As this is not a live presentation your engagement by posting timely comments and responses helps keep the conversation fresh.
- The discussion facilitator may continue to, monitor, review and reply to comments periodically as appropriate.
- Remember to see new comments in real time: refresh the page or click the Review button in Discussion Question tabs.
- Next, complete the evaluation.
Continuing education credit is not available for this course. There are no fees for participating in this online educational activity. This activity is available for you to review prior comments and questions through December 2019.
Email stahr2@wisc.edu if you have issues accessing the featured journal article.
Required Hardware/software
Free, current version of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, or Chrome. Some older browsers and Microsoft Edge could produce error messages or not display the content correctly.