Technology iphone for med school?

[epsilonprodigy]

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So right now I have (don't laugh) a tracfone from Walmart. It is a "smartphone" of sorts: I can check my email, google search, and use most basic internet functions. It's $45/mo for unlimited talk, text and data. But it has next to no storage capability, plus it's very buggy when it comes to email, SDN and many other things.

Because I plan on downloading recorded lectures to listen to in the car, and probably watching a lot of them too, because I really like a lot of the organizational apps that iphone offers, and lastly because I plan on buying a MacBook Air before I start med school in the fall, I am wondering if an iPhone would be a good investment. I also have a 22% discount on the monthly bill through my current job (which supposedly sticks around even after you quit.) I'm just gathering opinions on how useful/needed this will be in med school, specifically since bill right now is so low. I know a lot of programs are now requiring mobile devices, and I'm wondering if it's a bit of an unsaid requirement across the board.

 

[cbrons]

I don't know. The only thing you want a smartphone for is probably your third year for the wards. The first two years at most schools are strictly classroom work.

 

[Myuu]

I don't know. The only thing you want a smartphone for is probably your third year for the wards. The first two years at most schools are strictly classroom work.

It's really handy for the basic science years, but I wouldn't say it was necessary. That being said, I use my phone for just about everything, including this post.

 

[AxeJ]

Galaxy Nexus, IMO.

 

[absolutdokta]

the only thing I've used my iPhone for during the first two years of med school is games and email.

 

[DOctorJay]

That's a shame since you could be using it to study with Evernote and study blue. Could record lectures and listen to them again with one of the excellent recorders, I really like dictamus for this.

 

[absolutdokta]

That's a shame since you could be using it to study with Evernote and study blue. Could record lectures and listen to them again with one of the excellent recorders, I really like dictamus for this.

lectures are recorded and posted on teh intrawebz by the school. I think I'd go crazy trying to study on my phone. I like to sit down and write on paper (lecture power point slides) when I study, flash card exchange has all the cards I need for every lecture and system thanks to past students, so on and so forth....

iPhone?.....pure pleasure