PDA Information
 

M3 Transition to Clerkship - Welcome M3s!

Memo from Douglas Bower, MD
Includes list of applications to install before the Transition to Clerkship session in June.

PDA Applications for your Clerkship
Details of applications for your pda including recommedations for specific clerkships.

PowerPoint Presentation from TTC Session
Slides from "Navigating Electronic Resources" session.

First Consult now available for your PDA!   

First Consult is an authoritative evidence-based and continuously updated clinical information resource for healthcare professionals.  Designed for use at point of care, it provides instant, user-friendly access to the latest information on evaluation, diagnosis, clinical management, prognosis, and prevention.

First Consult is available at MDConsult.  Next click on First Consult and then click on "download First Consult on Pocket Consult" where you will be prompted to create an account before you are able to download the program to your PDA.

First Consult is available free to all Medical College of WI faculty, students and staff through the Libraries' subscription to First Consult.

DynaMed PDA Serial Numbers valid for one year

Your DynaMed PDA serial number is valid for only one year.  After one year you will see a subscription expiration notice when you open DynaMed on your PDA.  The DynaMed database will still work, but it will not be updated.  To continue to receive new updates of DynaMed for your PDA, you must call the MCW Libraries for a new serial number. In order to add that new serial number to your PDA, you unfortunately must download the DynaMed program once again to your PDA.  DynaMed is aware of this inconvenience and is working on a better solution.

Have You Read?

Lowes R.
"The best programs for your handheld."
Med Econ Mar 7;85(5):58-60, 64, 66.
PubMed link

PDA applications and Windows Vista

Many Palm® OS and Windows Mobile® (Pocket PC) OS software applications (including Epocrates) may not install or sync via computers with the new Windows Vista operating system. The solution to this problem depends upon software changes by Palm and Microsoft, and there is no firm date for a fix to this problem. 

You may want to postpone installing or upgrading to a new PC with Windows Vista installed.

MCW Libraries is not upgrading to Windows Vista at this time, so you will still be able to load programs and sync your Palm TX PDAs at the MCW Libraries.