Online resources and mobile applications.

[drkoma]

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Hello!

I'm trying to gather some information about what electronic resources medical students and professionals use in different countries.
Specifically I'm interested in treatment recommendations and guidelines. I've gotten the impression that medscape and UpToDate are among the most popular especially in the US.

Are these sites and their smartphone-apps used where you study/practice? Do you have anything similar in your own language or do you prefer english resources?

Are smartphones used in clinical practice and on wards or is that frowned upon?

Looking forward to your answers!

 

[Quixotic]

UpToDate is good for a wide variety of information. I just started internship and use it quite a bit. Another resource I just learning about for chest x-rays is linked below. At my program we are responsible for reading our own chest x-rays and abdominal films at night. The cross sectional imaging is covered by nighthawk. I was worried about putting a chest tube into someone that doesn't actually have a pneumothorax. I use an iPad during wards as I can access both online media and my iBooks. One of the secondary benefits is that my attending was impressed by it the other day. I was trying to explain chest anatomy on an x-ray using the ibook to one of the medical students on the rotation and he happen to see it. He liked it so much he may actually try and get an iPad for the interns so they can use it while on wards.

https://itunes.apple.com/book/funda...y/id664902858?l=ja&mt=11&v0=9988&ign-mpt=uo=1