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Sadoughi H, Khosrorad R, Ghahramani-Asl R. The application of mobile technologies in medical education: Design, implementation and evaluation of a mobile application for medical physics laboratory teaching. jmsthums 2026; 14 (2) :1-11
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1- Department of Medical Physics and Radiology, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
2- Department of Health Education, School of Health, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
3- Department of Medical Physics and Radiological Sciences, Faculty of Paramedicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
2- Department of Health Education, School of Health, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
3- Department of Medical Physics and Radiological Sciences, Faculty of Paramedicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran
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Background & Aim: Practical training in medical physics laboratory courses is essential for students of medicine, allied health sciences, and health engineering, and developing an application as an educational tool to enhance learning is important. This study aimed to design, implement, and evaluate a mobile educational application for the medical physics laboratory course.
Methods: This developmental-applied study involved designing and implementing a mobile application for teaching practical concepts in medical physics laboratory courses. The application was evaluated in two stages. First, its face and content validity were assessed by a panel of experts in medical physics, medical education, and educational psychology. Subsequently, students’ satisfaction with the application was evaluated using a researcher-developed questionnaire consisting of 13 items rated on a five-point Likert scale. Questionnaire data were analyzed using descriptive statistics in Microsoft Excel.
Results: The application demonstrated a content validity index (CVI) of 0.89 and a content validity ratio (CVR) of 0.84. In evaluating the application’s performance and effectiveness, the mean satisfaction score among 60 students was 4.64 ± 0.19, indicating high acceptance. The highest score, with a mean of 5.00, was recorded for “innovation and attractiveness of the application,” while the lowest score, 4.42 ± 0.72, was related to “receiving rapid feedback on the experiments.”
Conclusion: This study highlights that mobile educational applications based on learning principles can improve the quality of medical education. These tools provide easy access to educational content, opportunities for repeated learning, personalized learning experiences, and better preparation for laboratory sessions. The findings, along with those of similar studies, demonstrate the potential of mobile technologies to enhance practical medical education.
Methods: This developmental-applied study involved designing and implementing a mobile application for teaching practical concepts in medical physics laboratory courses. The application was evaluated in two stages. First, its face and content validity were assessed by a panel of experts in medical physics, medical education, and educational psychology. Subsequently, students’ satisfaction with the application was evaluated using a researcher-developed questionnaire consisting of 13 items rated on a five-point Likert scale. Questionnaire data were analyzed using descriptive statistics in Microsoft Excel.
Results: The application demonstrated a content validity index (CVI) of 0.89 and a content validity ratio (CVR) of 0.84. In evaluating the application’s performance and effectiveness, the mean satisfaction score among 60 students was 4.64 ± 0.19, indicating high acceptance. The highest score, with a mean of 5.00, was recorded for “innovation and attractiveness of the application,” while the lowest score, 4.42 ± 0.72, was related to “receiving rapid feedback on the experiments.”
Conclusion: This study highlights that mobile educational applications based on learning principles can improve the quality of medical education. These tools provide easy access to educational content, opportunities for repeated learning, personalized learning experiences, and better preparation for laboratory sessions. The findings, along with those of similar studies, demonstrate the potential of mobile technologies to enhance practical medical education.
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Received: 2025/08/28 | Accepted: 2025/12/16 | Published: 2026/10/19
Received: 2025/08/28 | Accepted: 2025/12/16 | Published: 2026/10/19
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