A Gütinger, E Smith, R Reiter, S Brosch
[Reading and writing disorder (RWD) - criteria for a speech therapist intervention]
Laryngo- rhino- otologie
smartphone use medicine nearly universal despite dearth research assessing utility clinical performance sought identify define smartphone use simulated neuroemergencies retrospective review prospective observational singlecenter simulationbased study participants ranging subinterns attending physicians stratified training level novice intermediate advanced managed variety neurological emergencies primary outcome frequency purpose smartphone use secondary outcomes included success rate smartphone use performance measured completion critical tasks participants used smartphones versus subgroup analyses compared outcomes across participants level training using ttests 2 statistics one hundred three participants completed 245 simulation scenarios smartphones used 109 45 simulations participants using smartphones 102 participants looked medication doses 52 participants looked management guidelines 11 participants looked hospital protocols 13 participants used smartphones assistance examination scale participants found correct answer 73 time using smartphones association participant level smartphone use intermediate participants likely use smartphones novice advanced participants 53 versus 29 26 respectively p 005 intermediate participants used smartphones perform better simulation scenario participants use smartphones smartphone users mean score standard deviation 123 29 vs nonsmartphone users mean score standard deviation 129 27 p 085 participants commonly used smartphones simulated neuroemergencies use didnt confer improved clinical performance less experienced participants likely use smartphones less likely arrive correct conclusions thus likely benefit evidencebased smartphone application neuroemergencies