Resident Apps

MD on Call App Hopes to Make Your Call Nights Less Painful [App Review]

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If you want an app that helps make your call nights easier than check this out. The purpose of this app is to help you ask the right questions and offer the correct protocol when you’re on call and presented with patients in acute distress.

Procedures Consult – Musculoskeletal App Superbly Demonstrates Common Bedside Orthopedic Techniques [App Review]

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A tool for those learning how to do various musculoskeletal procedures. This application is packed with text, pictures, and videos of actual procedures being done. This is the sister application of another app we reviewed, Procedures Consult: Internal Medicine.

Procedures – Subclavian Line App Helps Teach You Key Procedure [App Review]

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This application has a focused purpose, teaching you how to put in a subclavian line. The key part of this application is a full video showing the procedure from start to finish. Compared to other procedure applications that contain a variety of procedures, this app distinguishes itself by it’s low cost.

eRoentgen App Helps Physicians Choose Appropriate Imagine Studies [App Review]

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This app helps you choose appropriate imaging studies based on the diagnosis and symptoms you provide.

Modality Brings Procedures Consult App to the iPhone, We’re Blown Away [App Review]

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A tool for those learning how to do various procedures. This application is packed with text, pictures, and videos of actual procedures being done. Examples of procedures demonstrated are thoracentesis, abdominal paracentesis, and many more. This is the sister application of another app we reviewed, Procedures Consult: Musculoskeletal.

iAnatomy App: Improve Your Ability to Read CT Images [App Review]

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This app aims to help you improve your CT reading skills. It can also be used during gross anatomy if your tests include cross sectional images of CT scans.

Finding the Best Medical App for Lab Values, We Check Out the Top Four [App Review]

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In this review we take four different lab value apps and put them head to head against each other.

Find out who comes out on top!

Clinical ORthopaedic Exam App (CORE): Portable Physical Diagnosis on the iPhone [App Review]

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An app that takes physical diagnosis to a portable level, with a focus on orthopedic / musculoskeletal physical exam maneuvers.

Stroke Scale App is Simple and to the Point [App Review]

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This is a simple application designed to help you do a quick stroke evaluation through the use of clinical coma and stroke scales.

Medical Spanish App adds Audio in Latest Update, and We’re Definitely Smitten [App Review]

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Audio and text for over 3,000 spanish phrases. This massive directory is easily searchable and comes with an array of features.

App Giveaway: We’re giving away 3 copies of the Joslin Chest Atlas App($14.99) to our readers

Courtesy of Dr. Joslin, we’ll be giving away 3 promotional codes (free copies) of his newly updated Joslin Chest Atlas Medical App to the first 30 people to participate in the giveaway (usual price is $14.99). We just reviewed this innovative app in our prior post, and we’re definitely fans of the medical app. The App’s purpose is to help healthcare providers improve their ability to read chest x-rays. It can be used by healthcare providers of all types, and [Read more]

Joslin Chest Atlas App Helps You Learn Your Chest Films [App Review]

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This app aims to help healthcare providers improve their ability to read chest x-rays. It is also aimed at students and residents learning how to read chest x-rays. The app presents key examples of chest films with explanations.