Integrating Palm Devices into
the SOM Curriculum
lCourse Content
•Established specific goals and objectives
•Session I – Building Your Palm
•Session II – Assigned application evaluation
•Session III – Student selected application evaluation
•Session IV – Evidence-based searching
•Session V – Evaluating the literature
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Next in the process, and appealing to my practical nature, we approached the course content. Working with Drs. Cannon and Maloney, we established specific goals and objectives. There are 5 2-hour sessions over a six week period. Session 1 is the building your Palm session. The students, who’s skill levels with these devices range from novice to expert, are given the opportunity to download applications (we have them do Acrobat Reader and a drug resource, ePocrates), and practice enter basis address and calendar functions and them beaming their business card to the instructors. During Session 2 the students present an evaluation of an assigned application and then for Session 3, they find a new application  and again present an evaluative review to their peers. Sessions 4 and 5 related to evidence-based searching and evaluating research articles. The intent is to use the ebm tools on the handheld devices.