Mobile Learning Use Rate and Effective Factors with Possible Obstacles to its Use in Medical Education among Medical Students of Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Portable technological manifestations have influenced all different aspects of medical education and medical students increasingly in applying these tools. In this cross-sectional study to determine medical students' use of mobile learning (ML), its benefits and limitations in medical education, 105 medical students at Tehran University of Medical Sciences were evaluated in 2019. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to gather the required information. The acquired data were then entered into the SPSS software for statistical analysis. No significant difference was found in the usage of ML upon age, gender, educational grade, and place of residence (P>0.05). Moreover, the findidngs indicated that medical students significantly used ML more in the library (P=0.037). Most of the students were satisfied with ML tools’ availability (41%) and scientific resources searching (49/5%) too. They stated filtering of sites and applications as the most important limitations of ML tools (30/5%); although time conservation and availability (23.8%) were the most important advantages of ML. With mobile learning as time conserving and available method, medical students may be able to learn in any place.