A Review of Digital Tools for Clinical Learning
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This study presents a comprehensive review of digital tools used in clinical learning at a time when clinical learning is moving from its core traditional format to digitalised tools. This transition has been hastened and made more imperative by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The review highlights the main digital tools used for clinical learning, the challenges, benefits and prospects of digital tools in clinical learning. These digital tools have made some gains and in this rapidly expanding digital age, and the onus rests on students, medical educators and training bodies to keep abreast with its scope and possibilities, as well as its challenges and limitations, for the best outcomes in the application of digital tools to clinical education.
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