Student Apps
Anatomy Apps: Clemente’s, Rohen’s, and Moore’s Anatomy Flash Card Apps: Similar User Interface, but Different Images, Could Be Used for Patient Education on the iPad [App Review]
The iPad has created a great deal of buzz in the tech community. The medical and healthcare community at large are set to benefit from some of its key features, mentioned in our prior posting. One of these key features, the beautiful 1024 by 768 pixel, 9.7 inch screen, is set to change the overall user experience for medical apps that have a focus on imaging, such as anatomy applications. Although this medical app review was done using an iPod Touch, we can only imagine how much more aesthetically pleasing the iPad’s experience will be. As will be discussed later in the post, these applications are a perfect example of how the upcoming iPad could be used in the clinic setting to improve patient education.
A key thing to remember is your iPhone medical apps will run just fine on the iPad. This post will review a trio of Modality’s latest anatomy flash card apps and provide extensive pictures of the following: Clemente’s Anatomy, Rohen’s Photographic Anatomy, and Moore’s Clinical Anatomy.
MedPage Today Mobile App Puts Breaking Medical News in the Palm of Your Hand [App Review]
MedPage Today’s motto is, “Putting Breaking Medical News Into Practice”. I’ve been a fan of the website, medpagetoday.com for a few years now because they provide great medical commentary in a short, concise manner. I call it “high-yield” reading. Their articles often highlight key papers from the New England Journal or other reputed journals. Another reason I’m a fan is because of their partnership with the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine to provide Continuing Medical Education(CME). A partnership with a well respected academic institution definitely gives me greater respect for their articles.
All the content from their website has now been brought to the iPhone platform, and the app is free! Although the application was released awhile back, it was recently updated with some nice additions. In this review of the MedPage Today Mobile App I’ll cover how to best utilize the features this free application provides.
App Giveaway – USMLE Q-bank and USMLE Flashcards App
Merry Christmas everyone! The iMedical Apps Team has been busy with holiday traveling and festivities, so our apologies on the infrequent updates this past week. In the Christmas spirit, we’re giving away 10 promo codes each for two USMLE study apps.
Continue on for promo codes for these USMLE study apps.
iRadiology App Provides Massive Amounts of Radiology Content, and its Free [App Review]
A new radiology learning tool was just released in the App Store, the iRadiology App. This app has a catalog of over 500 radiology cases designed to help medical students and residents improve their plain film,CT, and MRI reading skills. The cases are derived from Dr. Gillian Lieberman, who is the currently Director of Harvard Medical Student training and Associate Director of the Residency Program at Beth Israel Medical Center. This legitimizes the content of the application. In this review we’ll discuss the application further and also show you how to turn on the “Zoom” feature built into the iPhone that will enable you to improve the utility of this medical app.
ECG Interpreter App – Does this get our heart beating? [App Review]
Current Clinical Strategies Publishing recently sent us some free promo codes for this app, ECG Interpreter(you may have noticed) and we were thrilled by the last app we reviewed by them, ACLS Advisor. So then naturally, we had high expectations for this medical app. ECG Interpreter is relatively inexpensive at $1.99(current price), but with so many ECG apps out there we wanted to know if this app was on par with similar applications and if it met our high expectations.
Three Free Useful iPhone Medical Apps [Recently Released]
Free medical applications for the iPhone are being released on a daily basis, but not all of them are useful. This isn’t a surprise since they are after all free to download. However, there are definitely some free medical applications worth downloading.
This will be a regular column on iMedicalApps.com, where we will periodically post commentary on recently released free medical apps that are actually useful from a physician, medical student, or any other healthcare providers’ perspective.
In this post I’ll focus on three free medical applications related to the following: clinical trials, Framingham scale, and a radiology teaching app.
Is the Instant ECG App Better Than the ECG Guide for the iPhone? We crown the best ECG app [App Review]
The interpretation of ECGs is a difficult art to master for medical students and house officers alike. We are all taught to keep to the “Dubin method” and work through each 12-lead study with consistent patience no matter how abnormal the ECG initially appears. A particularly talented cardiologist once told me that ECG interpretation is often equal parts evidence based science, art, and gut feeling. So how is one to navigate the complexities of ECG interpretation without getting overwhelmed? Instant ECG, a well polished ECG interpretation and study guide by iAnesthesia LLC, is how. Currently the app is on sale for $0.99 in the App Store. I have used this application for 2 weeks (although not on a cardiology service), and so far am extremely pleased with the results. I’ve also used the ECG guide, which was previously reviewed on this site. In the the conclusion I’ll discuss my favored app.
Gray’s Anatomy brought to the iPhone, Not the Show [App Review]
The term “Gray’s Anatomy” has become synonymous with the popular ABC show featuring surgeons who have ridiculous amounts of drama while somehow still finding time for the OR. I’ve only seen one episode of the show, and would describe the main character as a black hole for drama, but anyways, before the show, “Gray’s Anatomy” was synonymous with gross anatomy, a very familiar text with medical students. The full version of the Gray’s Anatomy text has now gone mobile and is ready to use on your iPhone. There are a few versions of this app out, but I’ll be reviewing the Deluxe version. In this review I’ll focus on how useful it might be for gross anatomy during the first year of medical school.
Human Body 3D Anatomy App Might be Useful for Patient Education, But Not Much Else [App Review]
The Human Body 3D Anatomy App enables you to view different organ systems from a 3D perspective. The app also offers an encyclopedia with some basic information about the organ systems. It currently holds the #2 ranking in the paid medical apps section and costs $3.99. This app has some of the same 3D features and graphics found in the 3D Brain app, which we recently reviewed. Unlike the 3D Brain app that has detailed labeling of structures, this app’s largest shortcoming is the lack of labels on any of the structures present. I’ll mention more of these shortcomings in this full review.
