Category: Mobile
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Stop taking notes on your phone
I can’t believe how many people I’ve seen taking notes on their phones at this conference. Surely they must realise how inefficient this is? Laptops are better. Tablets with a keyboard also work. Or seriously, use a notepad and pen.
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PSA: Go for a walk during meetings
Now that we’re all having meetings remotely you may want to think about going for a walk instead of sitting in front of your computer. Off the top of my head, here are a few benefits: Less distraction (harder to open Twitter and email in multiple tabs). Spending time outside instead of at your desk.…
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Article: Recommendations For Implementing a Longitudinal Study Using Wearable and Environmental Sensors in a Health Care Organization
This study gives examples for implementing technology-facilitated approaches and provides the following recommendations for conducting such longitudinal, sensor-based research, with both environmental and wearable sensors in a health care setting: pilot test sensors and software early and often; build trust with key stakeholders and with potential participants who may be wary of sensor-based data collection…
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Pitches for The Conversation: Africa
I’ve been wanting to contribute to The Conversation: Africa for ages and have only recently been able to put together a few pitches for the articles I’d like to write. If you’ve never heard of The Conversation, it’s a wonderful attempt to get academics to write thought-pieces that are more accessible to the general public…
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Using a Chromebook for academic work
I’ve been thinking about getting a Chromebook as a cheaper laptop alternative, especially since I use Google apps and services extensively. While I was initially sceptical about a browser-based operating system (i.e. ChromeOS), I’ve heard good things about Chromebooks and so I was pretty excited to be offered a demo model from Google Education to try it out. The…
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New article published to Clinical Teacher mobile app
I’ve just published a new article on Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs) to my Clinical Teacher mobile app. An early draft of the article is available here. Here are some screenshots from the app. You can download the app for iOS or for Android.
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Update on the Clinical Teacher mobile app
I’ve just finished a full draft of the first article I’ve written for the Clinical Teacher in more than a year. It’s been a busy 12 months and I’ve been involved in a host of other projects but now I’m ready to get back into writing for the mobile app. This next article is on…
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Clinical Teacher app upgrade
The Clinical Teacher mobile app has just been upgraded. The most noticeable features include: Push Notifications so that you’ll always find out immediately when new content is available A new default white theme that looks fresh and clean Compatible with iOS7 Thanks to Snapplify for getting this done so quickly. Note: also trying Google+ embeds,…
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Effective lectures
This is the first draft of an article that was eventually published in the Clinical Teacher mobile app. Introduction “The successful teacher is no longer on a height, pumping knowledge at high pressures into passive receptacles. He is a senior student anxious to help his juniors” (William Osler, 1849-1919) In medical education, the word “lecture”…
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Clinical Teacher development progress
It’s been a long time since I’ve written about my Clinical Teacher mobile app, so I thought I’d write a short post to highlight the progress that has been made over the past few months. Thanks a ton to the amazing team at Snapplify, who are making this project possible. First up, after a long…
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Adding complexity for its own sake
I was discussing a PhD project with a colleague at the HELTASA conference a few weeks ago and she was describing her plan to me. She’s interested in the possibilities that mobile technology brings to higher learning, specifically in nursing education. I gathered that she was talking about mobile as a combination of hardware and…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-06-11
RT @clin_teacher: Just published “Assessing Clinical Competence with the Mini-CEX” in the Clinical Teacher iPad app http://t.co/ub3tEohG #