Multimedia:
This iPad textbook is full of video modules and picture based modules that are interactive in nature. Many of the picture modules will actually guide you step by step for key mechanisms and physiology (reference YouTube video on first page) — allowing you to test yourself and learn at your own pace.
Also, at the end of each chapter there are quizzes related to key content.
Conclusion:
As this review has highlighted, the Inkling textbook app has done a remarkable job at bringing Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology alive on the iPad. This is truly the first medical textbook that has been customized to use the iPad’s interactive features. While the overall user interface can take some time getting used to, once you get the hang of it, you dread reading a medical textbook in paper form.
The ability to buy individual chapters for $1.99 cannot be overstated. One of the worst feelings as a medical student is when you purchase an expensive book at full price, only to find you used only one quarter of the chapters or fewer.
Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology for the iPad allows you to highlight, write notes, view innovative multimedia modules, and easily search for content — taking what you can do on a paper based textbook to a higher level — and taking e-learning to a completely different stratosphere.
iTunes Link to Inkling: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inkling/id379351586?mt=8
