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Mateja Lorber, Lucija Gosak, Gregor Štiglic, and Adrijana Svenšek
tors, and assessment must be more nuanced than annual standardised tests
allow (Collins et al., 18; Wang et al., 4). Digital technology reduces the
time that teachers and students spend on irrelevant tasks, time that can be
spent on other, more educationally relevant activities and also reduce the
cost of test administration, improve the quality of measurement and allow
rapid scoring. It also help teachers personalise feedback and teaching by pro-
viding immediate feedback (UNESCO, 3; McClelland & Cuevas, ).
Students in our research cited positive examples, noting that rapid detec-
tion of health changes through technology improves patient care, increases
access to patient information and enables better health monitoring, the lat-
ter of which was also cited in the research by Forde-Johnston et al. (3).
Students in our research also highlighted the benefits for healthcare pro-
fessionals, including learning new concepts, accessing reliable information,
and communicating with peers. In addition, the use of digital tools has some
negative aspects, such as hacking and misuse/loss of data, lack of knowledge
on the use of ICT, ICT failures, etc. and because of this negative aspect is rec-
ommended to requires strong cybersecurity measures to protect sensitive
patient information. Educators and institutions should prioritise training in
digital literacy and data security to ensure that nursing students are compe-
tent and confident in the responsible use of these technologies (Nifakos et al.,
1; Singh et al., 3).
Mobile apps as a digital technology empower healthcare professionals
with tools for patient education, medication management, and remote mon-
itoring, thus improving patient outcomes. Students in our research highlight-
ed two mobile apps that they are familiar with (Mediately and zVem). These
two mobile apps are also well used in clinical practice in Slovenia. Akhu-Za-
heya et al. (3) concluded significantly improve patients‘ knowledge of
heart failure, making it a cost-effective approach to chronic disease manage-
ment. Either for calculating units, predicting illnesses, checking medication,
etc., mobile apps are most commonly used (Haque & Rubya, 3; Milne-Ives
et al., ; Wang et al., 3). In Slovenia is one of the most used mobile app
not only for health professionals but also patients and other people, named
zVem. The mobile app enables e-ordering, e-prescriptions, triage sheets, and
includes medical records (https://zvem.ezdrav.si). The Mediately mobile app
is also used in healthcare and well known from students of healthcare. It pro-
vides information on medicines, includes various predictive models such as
body mass index (BMI) calculations, fracture risk scales, medication dosages,
cardiovascular risk calculators and other calculators. It also includes ICD diag-
nosis codes and various training courses (https://mediately.co/si).
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