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A course for anaesthesiology residents using simulation

tallies the number of times each application is opened and the number of minutes the application remains open. We tracked student use of the PDAs for 3 months (September–November) and collected data in 3 ways, through focus groups, student survey and AppUsage. Evaluation of results and impact Our data indicate that students felt that the PDAs were useful during their clinical rotations. A total of 115 students completed the survey and rated the usefulness of the clinical applications using a scale of 1)5, where 1 1⁄4 not useful and 5 1⁄4 extremely useful. The 2 applications that received an average rating above 4 (ePocrates Rx, Version 4.88, and 5mCC, Version 4.32) were also listed most frequently as the students’ ‘favourite clinical applications’. AppUsage data indicated that student usage of the clinical applications in terms of number of launches per week increased from an average of 28.86 launches ⁄week in September to an average of 36.99 launches ⁄week in November; however, the use of the clinical applications in terms of total number of minutes per week decreased from an average of 36.45 minutes ⁄week in September to an average of 28.36 minutes ⁄week in November. We speculated that the decrease in total usage time may have been caused by increased student skill or comfort levels with the PDA, which, in turn, increased student efficiency when using an application. Focus group participants also reported that the PDA made them more efficient by enabling them to manage patients and access information more quickly. (They also liked having fewer books to carry!) The students’ positive feedback, in part, contributed to our decision to expand the PDA programme to include all students; we continue to study its impact, particularly during the basic science years. Our experiences with the PDA project also confirmed that any enterprisewide technology initiative requires enormous resources in terms of time, expertise and funding.