ABSTRACT Objective: To develop and examine the usability of a mobile application aimed at improving knowledge about ocular surface tumors among medical students, general practitioners and ophthalmologists. Methods: A cross-sectional quantitative study was carried out by a multidisciplinary team and developed in three stages: administration of a specific questionnaire to medical students, assessing the demand for the application, creation and development of the application in collaboration with the Technological Innovation Laboratory of Centro Universitário Christus and usability assessment. General practitioners […]

OBJECTIVE: In the last decade the handheld computers have been popularized among health professionals, on the USA, for instance, among 60-70% of medical students already use them. Make clinical information available on these devices can aid teaching medical practices, however, the way they are structured may influence students’ satisfaction and learning. The purpose of this paper is to present MDFluxo evaluation, a program developed in handheld computers to aid ophthalmology teaching. METHODS: The program was developed with structured flowcharts extracted […]