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Technological innovations have revolutionized educational and clinical practice environments. Although the availability of biomedical technology is escalating at an unprecedented pace, a belief exists that biomedical technological innovations are being diffused at a slow rate among health care professionals [1,2,3,4]. The literature on technological innovations emphasizes the significance of attitudes regarding the human-machine interface in influencing the diffusion process [5,6]. An understanding of health care professionals’ attitudes toward technological innovations can contribute to an understanding of the biomedical innovation diffusion process. The medical and nursing educators’ mission is to prepare professionals to function competently in health care educational and clinical environments. Medical and nursing educators, however, are slowly adopting and implementing the technological advances available for educational and health care delivery environments. Nursing and medical educators’ attitudes toward the human-machine interface can impact this mission and the diffusion process.
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Harsanyi, B.E., Kelsey, C.E. (1998). Attitudes Toward Computer Technology between Nursing and Medical Educators. In: Saba, V.K., Pocklington, D.B., Miller, K.P. (eds) Nursing and Computers. Computers and Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2182-1_87
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