Links of Interest
http://www.healcentral.org
Central site for many multimedia programs, some with voice and thousands of images for medical student education in the basic sciences and clinical areas.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
National Library of Medicine has Medline Plus, which is English and Spanish language patient information, including animation and voice.
http://www.umassmed.edu/strokestop/module_one/module_fr.html
Free program from the University of Massachusetts to teach neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. Open to the public.
http://www.med-ed-online.org
An American online medical education journal. Once in the site, click on resources for multimedia educational programs.
http://www.msu.edu/user/inetproj/homepage5.html
A medical school with a number of online curricula, including how to use the Internet for medical education.
http://epocratesonline.com
U.S. drug reference with excellent drug interaction feature.Includes major medical news of clinical importance. Updated weekly. Try it free for one month, then subscribe for a fee.
http://cme.nejm.org
Continuing medical education based on New England Journal of Medicine articles.
OB Wheel
http://www.fppda.com/timobppc.htm
PDA Buyer's Guides
http://www.epinions.com
www.barginpda.com
www.cnet.com
Decide which PDA to buy:
PalmOS: Runs on devices made by companies such as Palm and Handspring. Advantages: small, lightweight, comfortable to carry, less expensive, lots of medical software, long battery life. Disadvantages: Does not easily merge with all Microsoft desktop applications. Is losing market share, and medical applications may not be as plentiful and well supported in the future.
Pocket PC: (Being discontinued and replaced by Mobile 5) Runs on devices made by Hewlett Packard, Compaq and Casio. Advantages: Larger with bright colored screens, so easier to see; coordinates very well with Windows functions. Disadvantages: More costly, larger size makes them less comfortable to carry around, less medical softward available, but quickly catching up with PalmOS devices.
Mobile 5: Will be used to combine cell phones and PDA.
Medical Programs for Use on Your PDA
http://www.handango.com The leader in medical software
http://pbrain.hypermart.net Great source for medical PDA information software, news
http://www.zdnet.com Software & hardware reviews, comparison buying & more
Drug Databases for PDAs
Epocrates Drug Database: http://www.epocrates.com
Three choices:
Essentials: Most expensive, complete and most popular ($139/year, U.S.)
RxPr: Just drug and diagnosis information, excludes laboratory information ($59/year)
RX: Just drug information. (Good for students and others who want or need to limit their expenses.) Free.
PDA Resources
Ectopic Brain: http://pbrain.hypermart.net/ (Great resource for medical PDA info, applications, news)
Medical Student PDA Cafe: http://www.medstudentcafe.com/pdacenter.htm
University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio: http://www.library.uthscsa.edu/internet/pda.cfm (Good links)
Text-Like Applications
InfoRetriever: http://www.infopoems.com/ ($249/year)
HanDBase: Database application; download free applets or write your own; On-Call http://www.handango.com/ ($30)
UpToDate: Full data base of Web version, free with subscription ($400-$500); http://www.uptodate.com/ (Diagnostic information may be usefu for residents in specialties where they are in and out of OR and do not have easy access to desktop computers.)
Skyscape: Five-minute clinical consult, FerriGuide, etc. Abridged Textbooks (part of Eposcrates Essential) http://www.handango.com
Electronic Medical Records
Patient Tracker: http://www.handheldmed.com (Intuitive, free; desktop $300)
PatientKeeper (Biggest $35-$40); Enterprise Option
Handbase Patient Tracker Applet (Free)
Counseling Tools
Smoking Cessation: http://www.smokefree.gov/hp-hcsit.html
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