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Are there any PDA downloads for psychiatry? Are any of those worth the effort or price?
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The only PDA program I've found for psychiatry that I liked was-ah nuts its from that pocket medical book company. Forgot the name. If you buy the book, they'll let you download it in PDA form.
Problem though was that the pocket book is more convenient to use than its PDA form.
I've had the DSM in PDA form (I beleive it was--I deleted it a long time ago), and a few other psyche programs. I didn't like any of them. The pocket DSM was more convenient to use than the PDA version. I've sometimes spent over 5 minutes trying to find a DSM dx on the PDA version, the pocket version took me 10 seconds.
Epocrates is good-as a whole for prescribing, though its description of Clozaril is not accurate. It says you can only titrate up 25-50mg Q3-7 days. Its more sophisticated than that.
5 minute medical consult is something I keep on my PDA because in psyche inpatient you're pretty much always going to have at least 1 patient with a medical issue, and I've never seen a place yet where I could've ignored the IM issue of psychiatry patients. IM docs in psyche inpatient usually will only respond once psychiatrists first notice a problem.
Problem though was that the pocket book is more convenient to use than its PDA form.
I've had the DSM in PDA form (I beleive it was--I deleted it a long time ago), and a few other psyche programs. I didn't like any of them. The pocket DSM was more convenient to use than the PDA version. I've sometimes spent over 5 minutes trying to find a DSM dx on the PDA version, the pocket version took me 10 seconds.
Epocrates is good-as a whole for prescribing, though its description of Clozaril is not accurate. It says you can only titrate up 25-50mg Q3-7 days. Its more sophisticated than that.
5 minute medical consult is something I keep on my PDA because in psyche inpatient you're pretty much always going to have at least 1 patient with a medical issue, and I've never seen a place yet where I could've ignored the IM issue of psychiatry patients. IM docs in psyche inpatient usually will only respond once psychiatrists first notice a problem.
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I suggest that you get a smartphone that is connected to the Internet. This way, you can browse valuable online resources (like PubMed and UpToDate) and find the info that you need online.
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I wish I could decide which one to get, though. I'm torn between a palm and an iphone.
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PDAs are dead. Long live the smartphones.
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My hubby is a computer tech. He tells me Palms are dying (we both had Treos 600 for many years, upgraded last year to a newer version Treo 750, problems with battery life and the body of the device). I am still holding on to mine, still I mostly use it as a phone and a calendar anyway, minimal Internet use (hence the battery life is not that big a deal for me). He has now got G1 phone and seems to be pretty happy with it. There are not too many medical programmes written for it, yet - but I am sure this will change in a few months. If I were to get a new smartphone now, I would probably still go for a Treo, rather than iPhone - it seems to have a better selection of compatible programmes. When I see med software readily available for G1, I will be upgrading to it.
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