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Member 112672 · 03-02-2011, 09:51 AM

Hi, everyone! I'm about to start clinical rotations again, and I'm trying to figure out whether to buy a netbook or an iPad. I want something extremely portable, that I can take to clinics with me and:

1) use for writing discharges and ordering labs etc (since we're often short on computers in the hospital and it's annoying to waste a lot of time standing around waiting for one).

2) easily carry around (iPad might be better here since it would fit in my white coat pocket, which I don't think a netbook would do).

3) take notes on in lectures and rounds (here a netbook might be better unless I buy the roll-up keyboard for the iPad).

Do you have any opinions about which would be more useful in clinics?

Thanks!

03-02-2011, 09:51 AM	#1
Member 112672 Penn c/o 2012 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 106	Netbook vs iPad for clinical rotations? Hi, everyone! I'm about to start clinical rotations again, and I'm trying to figure out whether to buy a netbook or an iPad. I want something extremely portable, that I can take to clinics with me and: 1) use for writing discharges and ordering labs etc (since we're often short on computers in the hospital and it's annoying to waste a lot of time standing around waiting for one). 2) easily carry around (iPad might be better here since it would fit in my white coat pocket, which I don't think a netbook would do). 3) take notes on in lectures and rounds (here a netbook might be better unless I buy the roll-up keyboard for the iPad). Do you have any opinions about which would be more useful in clinics? Thanks!