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Exploring Teleconsultation Acceptance: A Comparison Study Between Emergency And Non-Emergency Setting, Nurazean Maarop, Khin Than Win, Maslin Masrom, Sukdershan Singh Hazara Singh Dec 2012

Exploring Teleconsultation Acceptance: A Comparison Study Between Emergency And Non-Emergency Setting, Nurazean Maarop, Khin Than Win, Maslin Masrom, Sukdershan Singh Hazara Singh

Dr Khin Win

This research explores the acceptance of teleconsultation technology among healthcare providers of public hospitals in Malaysia. Primary constructs from Davis' Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) are employed for this purpose. Further, the study also compares the level of user acceptance between emergency and non-emergency setting. This study is based on descriptive statistic and correlation analysis served as preliminary exploration of the acceptance of the technology understudy. The study reports a high level of acceptance of teleconsultation technology in both emergency and non-emergency settings thus exhibits no significant difference in acceptance the acceptance of teleconsultation technology for both respective settings. The results …


Use Of Personal Digital Assistants (Pdas) In Medical Education, Rattiporn Luanrattana, Khin Than Win, John Fulcher Dec 2012

Use Of Personal Digital Assistants (Pdas) In Medical Education, Rattiporn Luanrattana, Khin Than Win, John Fulcher

Dr Khin Win

A systematic review of how the personal digital assistants (PDAs) have been used in healthcare professions and medical education has been conducted in order to identify current usage of PDAs in both areas. The major aim of this research is to study the feasibility of incorporating PDAs into problem-based learning (PBL) medical education. A systematic review was conducted by exploring various databases on the use of PDAs in two major areas: the healthcare professions and medical education during the period 2000-2006. Results: The needs, patterns and functionalities of using PDAs in the medical profession have been identified and categorized into …