What are the most valuable PDA programs for Internal Medicine?

[doctor7]

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In other words...if i can afford to buy 3-4 programs for my PDA, where should i spend my money?

(i've already gotten all the free stuff i can find)

 

[peppersgrl]

Epocrates. i would get the expensive version if you're in internal med/family med/ER. when i was a family med resident, epocrates was the best thing i ever got. at the time, griffith's/griffin's (whatever) 5 min consult wasn't on there so all i had was the drugs and infectious disease. i think it would have been great to have that 5 min consult as well as all those tables all combined in epocrates (i had to get my formulas on a separate palm program). i also didn't have the herbal drugs and i dont think that the multicheck came out til i was almost done with residency (another blessing). now that i'm a derm resident, i still buy epocrates and i still use the multicheck on a regular basis. i don't need to buy the expensive program b/c i have no need for the 5 min consult and formulas and all that stuff...i just need the drugs and the multicheck. it'll be a lifesaver.

 

[DR]

Epocrates. i would get the expensive version if you're in internal med/family med/ER. when i was a family med resident, epocrates was the best thing i ever got. at the time, griffith's/griffin's (whatever) 5 min consult wasn't on there so all i had was the drugs and infectious disease. i think it would have been great to have that 5 min consult as well as all those tables all combined in epocrates (i had to get my formulas on a separate palm program). i also didn't have the herbal drugs and i dont think that the multicheck came out til i was almost done with residency (another blessing). now that i'm a derm resident, i still buy epocrates and i still use the multicheck on a regular basis. i don't need to buy the expensive program b/c i have no need for the 5 min consult and formulas and all that stuff...i just need the drugs and the multicheck. it'll be a lifesaver.

Yes, get Epocrates at the very least; then 5 Min Clinical Consult, Med Calc, etc. but don't spend a dime. People in the hospital will be walking around with free copies of this stuff...don't buy it. Ask someone who has it and, guaranteed, they can tell you how to get it free.