Valuable lessons
Skyscape has user story in Valuable lessons from an oncologist who maximizes learning with a Palm
| I have used Griffith’s 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2005 since I was an Intern, and now as a 2nd year oncology fellow, I have been using AJCC Cancer Staging Handbook & Calculator and Physicians’ Cancer Chemotherapy Drug Manual 2005 constantly. Having the resources instantly accessible to me while seeing patients has helped teach me more treatments and staging that I otherwise wouldn’t have learned. Taking out a book in front of a patient is not quite as acceptable as quickly looking down at my Palm for the answer. Having the resources at my fingertips has definitely helped make me a better doctor, and as a visual learner, helped me learn more quickly. My textbooks are back in my office for reference later, but on the go, I rely solely on my Palm resources.
-Elizabeth Cartwright, MD |
How many times have I looked up references in front of patients now using the PDA. I think this is not only “more acceptable” as Dr. Cartwright puts it, it is far less embarassing! Moreover, using a PDA still has a “wow” factor which impresses patients.
Also spotted in MobileHealthData: Hand-held Takes Physician to School
| As a working mother, Catherine Carrigan, M.D., often found it difficult to squeeze in time for her required 50 hours of continuing medical education. So Carrigan, a solo bariatric care physician based in Finley, Ohio, jumped at the chance to take some courses through a new PDA-based application from San Mateo, Calif.-based Epocrates Inc. She’s been using the MobileCME software, which was officially released in May, for about six months. During that time, she’s used the application to take 12 different medical courses. The courses, which take about 15 minutes to complete, are offered by several U.S medical schools. Carrigan has used the application on her Clie PDA from New York-based Sony Corp. of America to take courses such as “Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes, “Botox Approved for Primary Care Use” and “Fiber Supplements in the Diet.” Each time Carrigan docks her PDA, the software receives updates on which courses she’s taken and lists any new course offerings. |
So have you found the Epocrates MobileCME service useful? I have. Hopefully my local CME organiser will accept the Epocrates MobileCME points.
|
About the author, Alan: Alan Teh is a Malaysian Physician who specialises in Hematology-Oncology & Stem cell Transplantation. He has been using Palm PDAs since 1997 and is absolutely reliant on them. His current PDA is a Palm Pre and is a strong advocate of the webOS platform, Palm's latest operating system. Caught the blogging bug in 2004 and has been addicted ever since… |
