RT Journal
A1 Wellbery C
T1 OUr ubiquitous technology
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD March 28
VO 307
IS 12
SP 1263
OP 1264
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.343
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.343
AB 
The answer is easy: Unlike in the case of the (print) newspaper reader, computers make students look like they're hard at work. In fact, we educators have encouraged them to bring their devices to class. We want them to look up answers, take notes, click their opinions. Of course, they might be reading the paper instead. We don't know whether a student opening a laptop or consulting a smart phone on the side is looking up a US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation or reacting to a friend's latest Facebook posting. The fact is, bringing technological devices into the classroom has blurred the boundaries of propriety. And it's no different in clinical practice. We have come to expect the omnipresence of smart phones and hand-held computers in our daily professional lives.