more apps I'm using in clerkship

2009 EMRA Antibiotic Guide: This is an app designed by emergency physicians. It's not entirely complete but it's a fast way to get an idea of the direction to take when Antibiotics are needed.

You can start with an organ (pulmonary, skin, etc.), or by diagnosis, organism or topic. Common organisms and dosing are suggested for each. There's only a few steps to get to the dosing recommendations which is a real bonus.

This is cheaper than the Johns Hopkins version of an antibiotics guide and has fewer features. Your call.

P: C$15.99

Johns Hopkins ABX Guide: Organized by diagnosis, antibiotics, pathogens, management, vaccines and CME. This guide has more information than EMRA on vaccinations and tropical illnesses. The information is posted in a similar matter to how they post the 5MCC info. This can be a bit cumbersome to find info quickly but does give you significantly more data and suggestions than you get in EMRA.

It's a tough call. As someone who knows jack about antibiotics, this guide is a bit overwhelming. I'll use EMRA most often.

P: C$ 24.99

epocrates: I only use this for pill ID and the interaction tool. I get my dosing, adverse events, and other drug info from Dr. Drugs. The pill ID is most useful with an internet connection so you can actually compare the pills a patient has in their hand with the ones we know about. The interaction tool is great for comparing meds that patients are taking to rule out causes of weird symptoms.

Meds are discussed by dosing, black box warnings, contraindications, adverse reactions, drug intereactions, pharmacology...

P: free!

Eye Chart Light: An easy to use app. Not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but in a pinch, it helps with visual acuity.

P: free!

Eponyms: Something that I've found in clerkship is that our consultants use eponyms more than they use the names that make sense. We're taught logical names of conditions and structures but they were taught goofy names based on some dead guy. This app is quick to use and easy.

The eponyms are categorized by specialty, anatomy, tests and procedures. A short definition is provided for each eponym. Useful when your orthopod said "something that began with c" but you're not sure what.

Well worth having.

P: C$1.99, there's a free version too but I don't know how inclusive it is

and yet, still more to come