Our first iMedEd Tech Talk, “Using Digital Flashcards” is Wednesday, September 25th. In order to get the conversation going, we would like to invite two or three students to demonstrate how they use Anki, StudyBlue or any other flashcard app. Our “thank you” is an educational app of your choice ($15.00 or less). Please email Read More…
Author: Mary Frances Ypma-Wong
Khan Academy Competition for Medical Students
The AAMC, Khan Academy, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced a new collaboration to provide free, online resources to help students prepare for the revised MCAT that will be administered in 2015. To develop the new content, they will sponsor a competition to encourage medical students and residents to create educational tutorials (collections of Read More…
FIGO Staging
UCIrvine iMedEd iPad App Review App Name: FIGO Staging Price: $9.99 Brief Description: This app describes the various gynecologic cancers, including FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) staging descriptions, histopathology, survival rates and treatment plans. OVERALL Pros: This is an awesome app for a med student interested in GYN oncology or those on their Read More…
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…
OpthoBook- Free Online Ophthalmology Book
This online text may give you another resource for studying- http://www.ophthobook.com/ The videos don’t currently play on the iPad; however, the authors plan to place them in iTunes asap.
Tips and Tricks for iPad- Additional Resources
If you need help on iPad basics, consider these apps: Top 100 Tips for iPad (free), iPad Secrets ($0.99), and Secrets for iPad ($0.99). If the cost for this apps is prohibitive, email Dr. Ypma-Wong who will provide a code so you can take advantage of these apps and use your iPad more efficiently. Also, Read More…
WritePad Review by MS1 Eric Ton
WritePad is a writing-to-text conversion app. When I obtained this app I imagined how useful it would be while taking a patient history or doing any kind of interview, as writing notes while another person is speaking just feels more natural than typing. I believe that having writing converted to text effortlessly would be a Read More…
Visible Body App- Review and Comparison to Anatomy TV by MS1 Kate Xie
Visible Body is an iPad app that allows users to explore a 3D model of the human body. It differs from most anatomy resources by giving the user full control over the model by zooming, panning, rotating, and customizing the layers and structures – essentially allowing the user to virtually dissect the human body. General Read More…
Grunigan Library has iPad2 Checkout Program
Students, staff, and faculty with a current library card and activated UCInetID can borrow iPad 2 from GML. There are six iPad 2’s preloaded with medical reference and information applications for you to try out. More info at: (714) 456-5585 http://grunigen.lib.uci.edu/in-the-grunigen-news.html
iPad Tips- Virtual Keyboard- Special Characters to Streamline Your Work
The virtual keyboard offers several alternative versions of the character (with an accent, ~, etc.) Simply hold down the key on the virtual keyboard and the alternative will appear. Slide your finger to the character that you would like to use. This feature can be seen using e, y, u, i, o, a, s, l, Read More…