Medical education in Africa is in desperate need of reforms, evident in widespread diseases, and an inability to mobilise and train the required medical workforce to deal with these health issues. However, the exponential rise in the use of mobile technologies due to the spread of the Internet and increased telecommunication networks offer an opportunity for the transformation of medical education and practice through the deployment of mobile devices as a medium for learning and conveying health care services to the remote and resource-constrained locations of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This paper reviewed articles on the affordances of m-learning for distributed medical education in SSA published between 2010-2018. Results from 18 articles identified in the review revealed a slow-paced ascendancy of practice and research in the field; it further exposed competing priorities, infrastructural deficit, and chronic workforce shortages as the bane of m-learning implementation in the subregion. This paper makes recommendations that will enhance the growth of mobile-based distance medical education and practice in SSA.

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移动学习在撒哈拉以南非洲促进基于分布式医学教育的文献十年回顾（2010-2018）

非洲的医学教育迫切需要改革，这在广泛的疾病中很明显，并且无力动员和培训所需的医务人员来解决这些健康问题。然而，由于互联网的普及和电信网络的增加，移动技术的使用呈指数级增长，通过将移动设备部署为学习和向其传递医疗保健服务的媒介，为医学教育和实践的转型提供了机会。撒哈拉以南非洲（SSA）的偏远地区和资源紧张的地区。本文回顾了2010-2018年间发表的关于SSA中分布式医学教育的移动学习的优惠的文章。审查中发现的18篇文章的结果显示，该领域的实践和研究步伐缓慢。它进一步暴露了竞争重点，基础设施赤字和长期劳动力短缺，这是该分区域实施m学习的祸根。本文提出了一些建议，以促进SSA中基于移动的远程医学教育和实践的增长。