Personal Digital Assistant Resources In Medicine and Dentistry

At the University of Michigan and Regionally

• Taubman Medical Library: PDA Featured Downloads, Trials, and Hints
• UM Department of Family Medicine: Palm Resources
• UM Department of Family Medicine: Clerkship Requirements: Palm
• Hi-CE (Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Education at the University of Michigan) (K-12)
• Palm-Med Listserv
• Wayne County Combined General Health District: Palm References

Overview Sites and Collections

• The Handheld PDA: A Valuable Clinical Information Tool / Dartmouth Biomedical Libraries, Library Grand Rounds
• PDA Resources for Health Professionals / University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
• PDAs for Health Care Providers / Arizona Health Sciences Library
• Stanford Palm Project (Quick Software Section)
• Washington University Medical Palm Initiative
• Other Case Studies in Medical Education
  • Mobile Devices Project: Educational Institutions Report / University of Iowa
  • Wake Forest

Download and Free Medical PDA Resources & Collections

• Sample Applications
  • Ectopic Brain: Palm OS Handhelds in Clinical Practice
  • EBM Calculator
  • ePocrates (RX)
  • Johns Hopkins Antibiotics Guide
  • Medical Approaches (Reference Book, by Junior Doctors for Junior Doctors)
  • MedMath
  • MedicalMnemonics
• Collections and Download Sites
  • Palm Gear: Medical
  • Sympatico
  • TuCows

Commercial Sources and Collections

• DocMD
• Family Physician's Guide to Handheld Computers
• HandheldMed
• HandheldsForDoctors (Tutorial)
• HealthyPalmPilot
• MDeverywhere
• Medical PocketPC
• pdaMD.com
• Pocket Informatics

In Dentistry

• Dental.com
• Dentalog: Dental Patient Management
• A Guide to Handheld Computers in Dentistry / Dr. Larry Emmott

Listservs, Discussion, and More

• MLA-PDA Discussion List (Medical Informaticians & Librarians)
• Palm-Med Listserv (UM)