Imagen vascular una nueva APP médica con fines docentes

Abstract

Background: High-quality apps designed by clinicians with vascular expertise are currently lacking and represent an area of concern in the m-Health market. Objectives: 1. Main objective: Join and communicate the contents and the radiological findings obtained in image studies of a cases collection´s of limited casuistry and diagnostic complexity, in the format of a free and interactive medical app, an online and offline tool whose name is "VASCULAR IMAGE". 2: Secondary objective: Know the opinion of health professionals about the matter and purpose of the application, a s well as the impact and implication that this learning app has had on the clinical-radiological management of the patient. Methods: Phase 1: A longitudinal descriptive observational study. Cases serie. Creation of database in app format. (N> 65). Phase 2: Evaluation phase of the utility of the app through a survey. Cross-sectional observational study. Discretionary non-probabilistic sampling. (N>50) [two groups: assistant doctors and trainee doctors]. Data are analyzed with spss 15. Study of the internal consistency of the test and comparison between groups using the ChiSquare test for categorical variables. Results: We report the hardware is not a problem for the access to mobile apps health in medical community. 42.4 % of the sample is ashamed to use the smartphone in front of the patient. Cronbach's Alpha index indicates that the questionnaire is acceptable for what was trying to be measured, with a value very close to good. Curiously, the use of mobile devices for the study was significantly higher in the assistants group. Conclusions: Our study suggest that free and timely access to the mobile application "VASCULAR IMAGE" supports the learning of trainee doctors and assistant doctors. The application was strategically used to complement other learning methods. Some physicians also used the mobile application to consolidate their diagnostic approach. Research is still lacking in this field