Today I met with Mark and he showed me a device called a PDA, which stands for Personal Digital Assistant. Its really an amazing device. Not only can you check your email, you can play games, and use it to do research. The device has programs called Labman, Epocrates, and MedCal. All of these programs are used by health care providers to make their jobs easier. MedCal for example is a program that can take a patient's weight, height, and age and determine how much medication they need. The device can be found at www.palm.com. Mark also showed me a book called the Guide to Inpatient Medicine. This book describes common medical problems such as
anemia, renal failure, and vasculitis. After my meeting with Mark, I ate lunch and then started on my next activity. My next activity was to go to http://www.med.yale.edu/library/education/software.html and see which educational programs were accessible to the public and which programs required a Yale id. Some of the programs include: Brainstorm,Abdomen Quiz,and Clinical Human Embryology. I was able to use some of the programs.



* The Cushing Whitney Medical Library has Licensed Applications (free to Yale University/YNHH affiliates) for those who own PDA's.

http://www.med.yale.edu/library/technology/PDA/