Use of the Smartphone App WhatsApp as an E-Learning Method for Medical Residents: Multicenter Controlled Randomized Trial

• Main Authors: Clavier, Thomas (Author), Ramen, Julie (Author), Dureuil, Bertrand (Author), Veber, Benoit (Author), Hanouz, Jean-Luc (Author), Dupont, Hervé (Author), Lebuffe, Gilles (Author), Besnier, Emmanuel (Author), Compere, Vincent (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundThe WhatsApp smartphone app is the most widely used instant messaging app in the world. Recent studies reported the use of WhatsApp for educational purposes, but there is no prospective study comparing WhatsApp's pedagogical effectiveness to that of any other teaching modality. Object...