Audience Response Systems (ARS) Audience response is the interaction between a lecturer/presenter and the students/audience. Audience Response Systems are tools that facilitate this type of interaction with the clicker as one of the more well-known examples. At UCIrvine, we are fortunate to be able to integrate the use of an ARS that requires a digital Read More…
Year: 2012
Medical Microbiology iBook Replaces Traditional Lab Manual
At UC Irvine School of Medicine, we have provided our second year medical students with a digital medical microbiology lab manual. Since medical microbiology is an image intense course, Jon Kevan (University of Hawaii) and I took the advantage of the iBook platform to create a laboratory manual with 13 separate exercises. Our iBook includes Read More…
And the Winners of the Med AppJam are…
The Med AppJam kicked off on November 9, 2012 with a lot of excitement and concluded in the same fashion on November 19, 2012 with an Awards Ceremony where 19 teams presented their apps to a team of judges and interested guests. The Awards Ceremony began with opening statements from Johnson Liu, President of the Read More…
USMLE Step 2 Secrets, 3rd Edition
UCIrvine iMedEd iPad App Review App Name: USMLE Step 2 Secrets, 3rd Edition Price: $39.99 Brief Description: This app is an electronic version of the popular book, USMLE Step 2 Secrets, that is used by medical students across the country in preparation for their exam. The app offers the full text of the book, by Read More…
FIRST AID Q&A for the USMLE Step 2 CK
UCIrvine iMedEd iPad App Review App Name: FIRST AID Q&A for the USMLE Step 2 CK Price: $41.99 Brief Description: Qbank to prepare for Step 2CK OVERALL Pros: Great qbank for step 2CK. Should NOT replace UWorld, but is definitely a great addition. I had verbatum questions on a few of my shelfs throughout the Read More…
Telemedicine and the UNE Australia Collaboration
UCIrvine School of Medicine and the University of New England in rural Armidale, Australia, has started an international collaboration to bring innovative technologies such as the iPad, ultrasound and telemedicine to the students and faculty of the two medical school campuses separated by a geographic distance of almost 7,500 miles. Through this collaboration, state-of-the-art broadband Read More…
The Med AppJam Kicks-off!
On Friday, November 9, 2012, the Med AppJam kicked-off with about 115 students assigned to 19 teams consisting of students from the School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) and the School of Medicine (SOM). The first ever event of this kind at UCIrvine has been a huge success so far with the number of Read More…
The Merck Manual – Professional Edition
UCIrvine iMedEd iPad App Review App Name: The Merck Manual – Professional Edition Price: $34.99 Brief Description: The Merck Manual is a resource for medical professionals that provides clinical information on a multitude of diseases. It allows you to search by symptom, section, or keyword. The resource provides essential information on the evaluation, diagnosis, and Read More…
Downcast
UCIrvine iMedEd iPad App Review App Name: Downcast Price: $1.99 Brief Description: Full featured podcast app. Supports audio and vido podcasts, with a vast array of configuration options including iCloud synching, volume amplification and playback speed modulation. OVERALL Pros: Amazingly flexible podcasting app, which can do any number of things, from subscribing to custom URLs Read More…
Radiology 2.0: One Night in the ED – iPad Version
UCIrvine iMedEd iPad App Review App Name: Radiology 2.0: One Night in the ED – iPad Version Price: Free Brief Description: Practice reading and interpreting CT scans OVERALL Pros: Excellent app to learn to read and interpret CT images. Fantastic user-friendly interface allows to browse throughout the image with scrolling your finger on the interface. Read More…