MOBILE PHONE USAGE AND DISTRACTION IN LEARNING SESSIONS

Objective: To identify the prevalence of mobile phone use in class rooms and the distraction they cause. Study Design: Mixed method transformational study conducted in pragmatic paradigm. Place and Duration of Study: Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, from 1st Mar 2017 to 31st Mar 2017. Mate...

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Autores principales:	Jawad Jalil, Sohail Sabir
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2019
Materias:	medical students digital distraction Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5f04146eec354080abda4bdd2d5687632021-11-15T05:17:34ZMOBILE PHONE USAGE AND DISTRACTION IN LEARNING SESSIONS0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/5f04146eec354080abda4bdd2d5687632019-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/2496/2051https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To identify the prevalence of mobile phone use in class rooms and the distraction they cause. Study Design: Mixed method transformational study conducted in pragmatic paradigm. Place and Duration of Study: Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, from 1st Mar 2017 to 31st Mar 2017. Material and Methods: Focus group discussions were conducted employing three expressive students from each of the three classes. These discussions were used to develop themes which were then utilized to formulate a questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by two expert medical educationists. The survey was conducted by distributing the self-answering questionnaire among the students. Simple descriptive statistics were then used to analyze the cross sectional data thus collected using SPSS version 20. Results: A total of 300 forms were distributed of which 235 (78.33%) were retrieved. Ninety one (38.72%) were from 3rd year, 82 (34.89%) from 4th year and 62 (26.38%) from final year. A total of 124 (52.8%) were males and 111 (47.2%) were females. Fifty three point two percent used their mobile in class rooms 21-30 times/day and 12.3% even more than that. Fifty four percent students texted and 17% played games during the class. About 50% claimed that they spent 25-50% class time on their mobiles. About 30% claimed that they used mobiles to fight boredom in the class.............Jawad JalilSohail SabirArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticlemedical studentsdigital distractionMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 69, Iss 1, Pp 54-59 (2019)
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description	Objective: To identify the prevalence of mobile phone use in class rooms and the distraction they cause. Study Design: Mixed method transformational study conducted in pragmatic paradigm. Place and Duration of Study: Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, from 1st Mar 2017 to 31st Mar 2017. Material and Methods: Focus group discussions were conducted employing three expressive students from each of the three classes. These discussions were used to develop themes which were then utilized to formulate a questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by two expert medical educationists. The survey was conducted by distributing the self-answering questionnaire among the students. Simple descriptive statistics were then used to analyze the cross sectional data thus collected using SPSS version 20. Results: A total of 300 forms were distributed of which 235 (78.33%) were retrieved. Ninety one (38.72%) were from 3rd year, 82 (34.89%) from 4th year and 62 (26.38%) from final year. A total of 124 (52.8%) were males and 111 (47.2%) were females. Fifty three point two percent used their mobile in class rooms 21-30 times/day and 12.3% even more than that. Fifty four percent students texted and 17% played games during the class. About 50% claimed that they spent 25-50% class time on their mobiles. About 30% claimed that they used mobiles to fight boredom in the class.............
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title	MOBILE PHONE USAGE AND DISTRACTION IN LEARNING SESSIONS
title_short	MOBILE PHONE USAGE AND DISTRACTION IN LEARNING SESSIONS
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MOBILE PHONE USAGE AND DISTRACTION IN LEARNING SESSIONS

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