PDA Applications for Your Clerkship - 2008/2009
Below are details along with links to applications for your PDA including recommendations for specific clerkships. For more information contact MCW Libraries at asklib@mcw.edu
Items marked with an asterisk are required for Transition to Clerkship.
*Act in TIME Heart Attack Signs
Provides physicians talking points for discussing heart attack warning signs and survival steps with patients. It outlines the T.I.M.E. method.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm
Clerkships: Internal Medicine
*ADA Clinical Practice Guidelines
Contains 2007 Standards of Care from the Clinical Practice Recommendations. Be sure to install the RediReader Document Reader.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm, PocketPC
Clerkships: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine
*AHRQ ePSS
Indentify the screening, counseling and preventive medicine services based on the current recommendations of USPSTF.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm, PocketPC
Clerships: ALL
BMI Calculator
Calculates BMI and provides info about BMI along with clinical treatment Guidelines
Availability: Free
OS: Palm, PocketPC
Clerkships: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine
ClinicalExpert
PDA version of Micromedex, the database of unbiased drug info that identifies ingredients for hundreds of thousands of commercial, pharmaceutical and biological substances
Availability: Restricted to MCW faculty and students
OS: Palm, PocketPC
Clerkships: ALL
*COPD Guidelines
Use this to assess, monitor and manage COPD.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm
Clerkships: Internal Medicine
*COPD Global Strategy
Full-text of the COPD guidelines from GOLD.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm, PocketPC
Clerkships: Internal Medicine
*Diagnosaurus
Differential diagnosis tool allows you to browse by organ system, symptoms, or diseases.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm, PocketPC
Clerkships: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Surgery
*Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents
This interactive guideline tool will assist in implementing the 4th Report at the point of care.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm, PocketPC
Clerkships: Internal Medicine
*DynaMed
Contains clinical summaries of 1800 topics from reviews of research literature. The information is up-to-date and evidence-based.
Availability: Restricted to MCW faculty and students
OS: Palm, PocketPC
Clerkships: ALL
Note: Please contact MCW Libraries (414-456-8302 or asklib@mcw.edu) for a serial number.
*EpocratesRx
One of the most popular PDA apps for drug information. Among the free tools are a drug guide for over 3,300 drugs, psychiatry compendica, and numerous clinical calculators.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm and PocketPC
Clerkships: All
*Essential Evidence Plus
Database of filtered, evidence-based info. Includes InfoPoems, Cochrane abstracts, practice guidelines and clinical calculators.
Availability: Restricted to MCW faculty and students
OS: Palm and PocketPC
Clerkships: ALL
*I-Forms
Required program to record your clinical experiences and patient encounters.
Availability: Restricted to MCW students
OS: Palm
Clerkships: ALL
*JNC 7
This interactive guideline tool will assist the clinician in implementing the JNC 7 High Blood Pressure Guidelines at the point of care.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm, PocketPC
Clerkships: Internal Medicine
MD on Tap
Application that retrieves MEDLINE citations through a wireless connection.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm and PocketPC
Clerkships: ALL
MedCalc
Contains 81 formulas and clinical scores.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm and PocketPC
Clerkships: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, OB/GYN
Medical Mnemonics
Learning tool of medical mnemonics. Allows you to browse by discipline, system or body part.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm
Clerkships: ALL
*OEI Treatment Guidelines
Contains Clinical Guidelines on Overweight and Obesity in Adults.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm, PocketPC2003
Clerkships: Internal Medicine
Pregnancy Calculator
The industry standard pregnancy calculator.
Availability: Free trial for two weeks. Must register and pay $24.95 after trial.
OS: Palm
Clerkships: Family Medicine, OB/GYN
*Shots2008
Guide to the 2008 Childhood & Adult Immunizations Schedules by the ACIP, AAP, and the AAFP.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm, PocketPC
Clerkships: Family Medicine, Peds, Internal Medicine
STAT Clinical Productivity Set
Application that contains complex algorithms for evaluating patients before surgery.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm, PocketPC
Clerkships: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine
USDA Nutrition Database
Database that calculates calories, carbohydrates, protein, fat and other nutritional information for foods.
Availability: Free
OS: Palm, PocketPC
Clerkships: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine