USMLE Step 1 lectures app
As recently reviewed on the iMedicalApps blog, thirty hours of lectures at the USMLE Step 1 level have been made available in a free app for iPad, iPhone and iPod […]
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Pharmacology Flash-Card App
Review of the new Sigler Drug Cards-Pharmacology Flash Card App
Read ArticleWhen health literacy needs information literacy
An online health quiz may seem well-researched and informative, but it is important to look deeper and try and determine why it is there, and what purpose it serves. This is how information literacy skills interact with health literacy.
Read ArticlePhysician at your fingertips? There’s an app for that!
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Mobile application for smartphones promises to connect patients to free medical advice from physicians and other credible medical experts. But can it deliver?
Read ArticleInfoFair 2011: InterProfessional Education
Nanci Murphy, Associate Dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Washington will speak on “InterProfessional Education and Collaboration: Lessons Learned and Future Directions.” Her talk will be followed by a Meet the Experts Panel discussion on the topic of interprofessional education.
Read ArticleLow Cost Mobile Medicine
Oxford University along with a group of South African researchers have developed a kit to turn a low-cost mobile phone into a stethoscope that allows patients “to record and analyse […]
Read ArticleUsing Mobile Technology to Save Lives
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Recent study compared response times to cardiac arrest emergencies between ambulances and trained lay responders linked to an alert system using mobile phone positioning, and found that the latter were faster 56% of the time.
Read ArticleHealth Literacy: plain language
In a recent post on the University of Michigan Health System News blog, researchers offer “10 ways to make better decisions about cancer care“: Insist on plain language. Focus on […]
Read ArticleSTAT!Ref’s Anatomy TV: a great resource
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As part of the Library’s subscription to STAT!Ref, patrons have access to Anatomy.tv, which is a “suite of 3D interactive models of human anatomy. Intuitive controls allow the user to […]
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