background: attendance management is one of the most important issues in the educational institutions. the traditional method for attendance recording is manually recording by professors in the school or university which is associated with several problems. we proposed the design and utilization of an electronic application for students’ attendance recording via smartphones and pcs. methods: th...

Problem-based learning has been increasingly used in pharmacy education. Problem-based learning serves to enhance such skills as problem-solving, critical thinking, clinical reasoning and self-directed learning. The present review draws on previous research into PBL in medical education, and elucidates the applications and outcomes of PBL as applied to pharmacy education. Thus, this article ser...

INTRODUCTION Mobile phone penetration has increased exponentially over the last decade as has its application in nearly all spheres of life including health and medical education. This study aimed at assessing the use of mobile learning technology and its challenges among final year undergraduate students in the College of Health sciences, University of Nairobi. METHODS This was a cross-secti...

The purpose of this pilot study was to test a mobile app that combines exercise, health education, and bingo (Bingocize®) to improve functional performance, health knowledge, and adherence. Senior volunteers were assigned to use the app on tablets twice a week for 10 weeks or a use the app to play only modified bingo. Pre/post functional performance and health education knowledge were compared ...

Mobile applications are increasingly being deployed in healthcare and nurses are expected to use them during their education, practice and during training of patients. In this paper we describe how an approach to modelling user needs known as the user-task-context matrix has been applied to help guide in developing requirements for new mobile applications as well as for selecting applications t...

virtual learning is a type of electronic learning system based on the web. it models traditional in- person learning by providing virtual access to classes, tests, homework, feedbacks and etc. students and teachers can interact through chat rooms or other virtual environments. web 2.0 services are usually used for this method. internet audio-visual tools, multimedia systems, a disco cd-roms, vi...

The concept of development is ubiquitous throughout higher education. Development of critical thinking, problem-solving, and clinical reasoning are noted as important outcomes in higher education, including health professions education. In this era of widening scrutiny, demonstration of this outcome within programmatic assessment is becoming increasingly important. Programmatic assessment of cr...