What is it about?
A survey of all the medical students and residents at the University of British Columbia to find how they used texting in their work.
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Why is it important?
The results show that of those who responded to the survey (about 25% of those surveyed), most used texting in their work at least once a day and my more frequently.
Perspectives
There is great ambivalence in our jurisdiction about using texting (including image sharing) for clinical work. We interpret our results to show that texting is frequently used in precisely this way by doctors-in-training despite official ambivalence. We use our results (and we are sure there will be more) to argue that the way forward is to make this form of communication secure rather than to prohibit it. We believe texting is used by doctors because it is effective and efficient.
Neil Kitson
University of British Columbia
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This page is a summary of: Clinical Texting Among Medical Trainees of the University of British Columbia , Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery, February 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1203475418758292.
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