title: Institutional support for handheld computing: clinical and educational lessons learned.
abstract: Handheld computing devices, or personal digital assistants (PDAs), are used often in the health care setting. They provide a convenient way to store and carry either personal or reference information and can be used to accomplish other tasks associated with patient care. This article reports clinical and educational lessons learned from a longitudinal institutional initiative designed to provide medical students with PDAs to facilitate patient care and assist with clinical learning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD 20814-4799, USA. mstephens@usuhs.mil
authors.forename: Mark B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Stephens
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Waechter
authors.forename: Pamela M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Alan L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Kenneth S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Yew
authors.forename: Scott M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Strayer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D003625:Data Collection; D003657:Decision Making; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D004501:Education, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013337:Students, Medical; D055815:Young Adult