This workshop will:

• Review the pedagogy supporting the use of tablet computing in undergraduate healthcare education. 
• Share the experiences we have had in a variety of contexts of use of these devices in a medical undergraduate curricular context, including OSCE, admissions, attendance monitoring, student use, and patient feedback.
• Discuss practical issues such as logistics, device management, required infrastructure and issues at University/NHS interfaces
• Give participants hands-on experience with apps

 

Workshop Objectives

Participants will be able to:

• Summarise the pedagogy relating to tablet computing in healthcare education
• Describe what applications may be suitable for tablet devices
• Discuss the strengths and weakness of different platforms
• List the key practical issues to consider when introducing tablet devices for defined tasks
• Use a variety of apps in a variety of contexts
• State if and how tablet computing could be used in their own institutions