It has been a while since I last posted about “why should all med students have iPads,” it is about time to add some other facts to that. Now that you have decided to invest in an iPad (or any other kind of tablet for that matter), what can you do with it? For starters, what about having an entire medical library in your pocket? You could pull up the complete Gray’s Anatomy book with the touch of a button, not to mention the many apps available that feature highly detailed 3D human body models. Imagine yourself doing rounds during your internal medicine rotation and after an interesting case, you can immediately dig deeper on your digital copy of Harrison’s Principles of Medicine and build up on what you’ve just saw, then when it is still fresh in your head, no need to wait until you get home and maybe forget some details. Maybe you found an interesting research that you’d like to show your peers or your attending, pull it up in seconds, make annotations and share it with anybody. Apps such as UpToDate will maintain the most current knowledge at the tips of your fingers, readily available to […]
