Hi all, for all of you concerned about Flash on your iOS devices (iPads, iPhones, iPods), please check out the articles below. Good summary article with links to the original postings by Adobe http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/11/09/adobe_confirms_it_will_no_longer_develop_flash_for_mobile_browsers.html Commentary by Forbes.com http://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2011/11/09/adobes-flash-surrender-proves-steve-jobs-and-apple-were-right-all-along-with-html5/ Mashable Commentary http://mashable.com/2011/11/11/flash-mobile-dead-adobe/
Category: Announcements
For those of you involved in Women’s Health – check out Bedsider.org!
A new site by IDEO and The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy uses straight talk and social-media tools to get young women thinking about sex in a realistic way. Great use of video on the site as well as SMS for text-reminders for oral contraceptives. For those of you that wonder what Read More…
iPad 2 Smart Cover Exposes Security Flaw
For all of you iPad2 users who are using the SmartCover, please read the article below. By following a few simple steps, users can bypass your passcode and get into your device. Apple is likely working a fix, but in the interim: Open the Settings app, tap General, and change the setting for “iPad Cover Read More…
Patient Education Apps by DrawMD, now FREE
Hi everyone, the DrawMD series of apps – Urology, Anesthesia & Critical Care, General Surgery, Orthopedics, and Cardiology – are currently available for Free (Saturday 10/8) on iTunes. These are great patient education tools and allow you to create very easy and informative diagrams for patients. Please check them out and download them while they’re Read More…
Apple Introduces List of “Apps for Healthcare” Professionals
http://mobihealthnews.com/13254/apple-helps-mds-cut-thru-medical-apps-clutter/
iTunesU – Main Campus and HS email overview
Click here for iTunesU Link This video is a brief walkthrough of the how the main campus and health sciences email systems differ and which passwords you need to access your resources.
iPad 2 Case with Keyboard
Hello iPad users at UCI, Just saw this awesome deal for a case for the iPad 2 with a bluetooth keyboard. This might be a great purchase for the incoming MS1s who are all getting iPad 2s. I don’t think the school will be giving everyone a keyboard. http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/1110315/ Last year, using the keyboard with Read More…
Are electronic readers hard on your eyes? – The Orange County Register
Are electronic readers hard on your eyes? – The Orange County Register. Featuring our star MS1s, Dean Clayman, and Dr. Crow from Ophthalmology!
iPad Colliquium: Use of iPad in the Anatomy Lab- Monday, February 28th at noon
We will have the anatomy lab iPads (all ten) available for you and plan to discuss how the iPad can help you learn in the lab. This is a great opportunity to have time to look at the apps already provided and have input on what else we can do to make the iPad a Read More…
Join us at MacHealthcare.org on Wednesday, 10am PST
Transforming Medical Education with the iPad – Lessons Learned from the iMedEd Initiative Warren Wiechmann, MD MBA will discuss how the iPad is helping transform the curriculum at the UC Irvine School of Medicine to make medical education more innovative and interactive. The iMedEd Initiative has provided each student in the Class of 2014 with Read More…