Dispositivos móviles en la educación médica

Abstract

The great popularity and growing availability of several mobile devices brings the opportunity of their use as educational tools. PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), portable multimedia players and smartphones have been are familial devices that can be used for mobile learning (mLearning),  learning that happens when the learner takes advantage of the learning opportunities offered by mobile technologies, anywhere/anytime. This work explores the diverse alternatives these devices offer in medical education.