title: An Empirical Assessment of a Technology Acceptance Model for Apps in Medical Education.
abstract: The evolution and the growth of mobile applications ("apps") in our society is a reality. This general trend is still upward and the app use has also penetrated the medical education community. However, there is a lot of unawareness of the students' and professionals' point of view about introducing "apps" within Medical School curriculum. The aim of this research is to design, implement and verify that the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) can be employed to measure and explain the acceptance of mobile technology and "apps" within Medical Education. The methodology was based on a survey distributed to students and medical professionals from University of Salamanca. This model explains 46.7% of behavioral intention to use mobile devise or "apps" for learning and will help us to justify and understand the current situation of introducing "apps" into the Medical School curriculum.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Educational Sciences, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. laura.briz@usal.es.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Briz-Ponce
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Educational Sciences, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
authors.forename: Francisco José
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: García-Peñalvo
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063731:Mobile Applications / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Health; Medical education; Mobile application; Mobile devices; Mobile learning; TAM