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Global child health
Enhancing emergency care in low-income countries using mobile technology-based training tools
  1. Hilary Edgcombe1,
  2. Chris Paton2,
  3. Mike English2,3
  1. 1Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
  2. 2Nuffield Department of Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
  3. 3KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
  1. Correspondence to Dr Hilary Edgcombe, Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK; hilary.edgcombe{at}nda.ox.ac.uk

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss the role of mobile technology in developing training tools for health workers, with particular reference to low-income countries (LICs). The global and technological context is outlined, followed by a summary of approaches to using and evaluating mobile technology for learning in healthcare. Finally, recommendations are made for those developing and using such tools, based on current literature and the authors' involvement in the field.

  • Medical Education
  • Technology
  • Tropical Paediatrics

This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2016-310875

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    • Contributors All authors contributed to the concept and design of the article. HE and CP drafted and revised the work. ME critically revised and approved the final draft.

    • Funding Funds from The Wellcome Trust (#097170) awarded to ME as a Senior Fellowship supported his contributions. Funds from the Institutional Strategic Support Fund and the Nuffield Department of Medicine support the work of CP together with a small grant from the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship.

    • Competing interests The submitted work draws on the experience of the authors' group in developing a training game for medical education. This wider (not-for-profit) project has been supported via the funders above and crowdfunding through the University of Oxford which has attracted donations in the form of gifts from private individuals and larger bodies including Medecins Sans Frontieres and HTC.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.