rotations- need a pda???

[pharmacygurl]

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i'll be starting rotations soon and i know a handheld pda will be very helpful. but does anyone know of a good one out there? there are so many out there and i'm not computer savvy. does anyone have any recommendations?? whats a good brand? how much memory does one need? any good software to use? any help will be greatly appreciated.🙂

 

[Starlix]

I use Palm TX throughout my rotations and afterwards.
It had a lot of advantages like Wi-Fi, bluetooth, large screen, memory of 128MB that was enough for me.
Check out this:
http://www.palm.com/us/products/handhelds/tx/tx_details.html

I am using a lot of free softwares:
Mainely Epocrates and also loaded merck manual and ABX giude that was very helpful for my hospital rotations.

Hope that helped..Good Luck.

 

[genesis09]

At UIC, once you get your University of Illinois Hospital password during P-3 year or for some earlier, you can download Micromedex free. See what you can get through your school.
How much are you willing to pay? You can find a lot of decently priced used PDAs through eBay and the like.
With memory, you can get a memory card for most of them.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

I had a Dell x51v. Worked well enough. I really think they are overrated though. I used mine about a dozen times the entire year.

 

[SpirivaSunrise]

I had a Dell x51v. Worked well enough. I really think they are overrated though. I used mine about a dozen times the entire year.

You mean you didn't get addicted to jawbreaker?!? Jeez...that got me through countless classes.

 

[Hels2007]

I have an HP iPAQ. I barely used it, though (but Spiriva's post reminded me of tuning out to play games on it during that part of the rounds when they would look at x-rays for two hours at a time 😀).

I would usually run to a nearest real computer and check whatever source I needed if I needed. 🙂

 

[WVUPharm2007]

You mean you didn't get addicted to jawbreaker?!? Jeez...that got me through countless classes.

I had the school paper, a mind that daydreamed for hours, and the fact that I rarely went to lectures for that purpose....

 

[Priapism321]

A wise professor once told me that our brain should function as our PDA. Medical residents can look things up on a PDA, we should bring more to the table. I haven't needed one yet.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

A wise professor once told me that our brain should function as our PDA. Medical residents can look things up on a PDA, we should bring more to the table. I haven't needed one yet.

****, I completely agree with you. It's a crutch, really. I would bet that most students could function equally as well without them. The only REAL use I had for it was the price estimator. Now THAT was useful.