Health Sciences Multimedia: Mobile Apps
Mobile Apps (iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Android, etc.)
Mobile apps (or applications) are useful tools in clinical, teaching, and research settings because they provide the user with information at the point of need.
Downloading Apps
Hundreds of health sciences reference materials, both free and proprietary, are available for use on mobiles. For app reviews, see iMedicalApps. The John W. Scott Health Sciences Library at the University of Alberta maintains a very helpful subject guide to resources.
Queen’s University has purchased access to the following resources and members of the Queen’s community may download them at no cost.
EBM databases on your PDA
(Bracken Library has purchased access to these evidence-based resources, which means that members of the Queen's community may download them at no cost.)
- StafRef! Pier for your Palm PDA: PIER is a decision-support tool designed for rapid point-of-care delivery of evidence-based guidance for physicians. Modules focus on the diagnosis and treatment of disease. Produced by the American College of Physicians, PIER is updated monthly.
Staying Informed
Interested in the potential of handheld computers in health care, education and research? Due to the large volume of journal articles published, the Welch Medical Library at Johns Hopkins University provides a "canned" PubMed search on PDAs.
Last Updated: 20 December 2011
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