5mcc for PDAs

[Legion560]

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For the people that have this, what do you like about it? I was thinking about going with this, or a real book like pathophys for boards and wards (the green step 2 book) which I can get for $32 versus $59 for 5mcc.

Legion.

 

[Jaded Soul]

These are two resources which serve different purposes. The green Boards and Wards (NOT the ?purple "Pathophysiology for Boards and Wards" book) is sparse, outline review for Steps 2 & 3. 5MCC is a general outline of nearly every medical disease/condition there is.

You're not going to use use Boards and Wards to look up how to diagnose or treat patients. You're (hopefully) not going to use 5MCC as a review for the boards as well.

That said, both are excellent, useful things to have.

 

[Blade28]

I used 5-Minute Clinical Consult on both my Palm and PPC throughout third-year. It was especially helpful in Medicine, FP and Surg, when I could quickly look up disease diagnosis, treatment and complications.

 

[gwyn779]

My school gives us Info Retriever, which has 5MCC built-in, so I use it that way. It's def. been useful this past year. I have no idea about the other, but like Jaded Soul said, it serves a completely different purpose.

 

[Legion560]

RE: 5mcc,

Im glad I bought this because Ive used it for almost every patient this week. I think between 5mcc and Epocrates, you can at least be 60-70% pimp-proof. Not sure how it stacks up to actual books, but I seem to be using it enough to justify the purchase.

Legion.

 

[mayIask?]

RE: 5mcc,

I think between 5mcc and Epocrates, you can at least be 60-70% pimp-proof.

Legion.

What version of Epocrates do you use?
Thanks!

 

[Legion560]

What version of Epocrates do you use?
Thanks!

Not sure what version, but its the one you pay for, so I guess the "full" version. If you are a pocketpc user like me, you kind of get screwed a lot when it comes to free stuff. 🙁

Legion

 

[JKP]

Yes, I love both epocrates and 5MCC. The thing about 5MCC is that it's normally 300 lbs in book form! Each topic is in outline form and perfect for a few minutes here and there on the wards.

I was debating whether to get the Wash Man for my PDA but figured it's not worth the extra money. I like the spiral bound book because you can read the text easier. I didn't like reading the text off of a small PDA screen for some reason. Same thing for Merck Manual (I just print from our library weblink). Stedman's is great for pda format.

 

[KevJones]

Epocrates has a new program called pocrates Dx, based on the 5MCC platform. It is completely integrated with Epocrates Rx Pro when you have both on your palm. They have also introduced a Lab reference program, again completely integrated.

I think that Epocrates is stealing the market. With regularly updated 5MCC entries, full drug and lab integration, I hardly ever use my palm uptodate anymore.

They affer everything (Rx, Dx, Labs, ID, and MedMath) as a subscription package called "Epocrates Essentials." I think it goes for about $139/year, and for me has been worth every penny.

 

[dr_almondjoy_do]

I got the Merck Manual on my PDA, 17th Edition. It's pretty good. You also get medical journals uploaded onto your palm whenever you sync. I can pick and choose which journals I get. I really like it. Between that and epocrates, I've been pretty good, and being able to site journal articles has been a plus.

 

[Carm]

I also used 5mcc and epocrates and was happy with both. Make sure you get the little hand held drug book (Pharmacopia?). After the first month or so if feeling cool using my palm, I started using it to write scripts and usually find the info much faster.

 

[gwyn779]

Yes, I love both epocrates and 5MCC. The thing about 5MCC is that it's normally 300 lbs in book form! Each topic is in outline form and perfect for a few minutes here and there on the wards.

Stedman's is great for pda format.

I already mentioned how useful 5MCC is, but I use ePoc more often (and I only have the free version).

As for Stedman's, yesterday in clinic I found a very rare syndrome (Coffin-Lowry) in there that wasn't even in the pediatric neurology textbooks that the attendings had for reference. So yeah, I'd say it's very useful.

 

[lf777]

ePocrates essentials is OK. Their content is essentially 5MMC, but their Search function is really poor. For 139/y I expected a bit more...

Merck is free. I'd give Merck a good try.