Purpose: This article describes usage patterns of personal digital assistants (PDAs) by
students completing the clinical phase of training at the MEDEX Northwest Physician …

BACKGROUND: Over the past decade, handheld computers (or personal digital assistants
[PDAs]) have become a popular tool among medical trainees and physicians. Few …

Background: Increases in the daily work load of medical residents, coupled with constraints
on their work hours have made personal digital assistants (PDAs) an increasingly popular …

Health care professionals need information delivery tools for accessing information at the
point of patient care. Personal digital assistants (PDAs), or hand-held devices demonstrate …

Background During the past year, a report on the use of personal digital assistants (PDA),
also known as hand held devices, indicated widespread acceptance of their use in family …

Purpose The objectives of this study were to track students' use of medical and nonmedical
personal digital assistant (PDA) software and to obtain students' ratings of the usefulness of …

Although medical schools are encouraging the use of personal digital assistants (PDAs),
there have been few investigations of attitudes toward their use by students or residents and …

Handheld computing devices, or personal digital assistants (PDAs), are used often in the
health care setting. They provide a convenient way to store and carry either personal or …

The purpose of this study was to determine residents' perception of the utility of personal
digital assistants (PDAs) and their influence on clinical practice at two teaching hospitals …

Limited information is available on personal digital assistant (PDA) use patterns in medical
settings. Recognizing that use patterns may be important considerations for development of …