Monte Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Hello, Would anyone be willing to throw some ideas out for the best pocket-sized reference books for practice? I could mostly use one for pharm.. but I'm open to any others! This is for medicine in general.. on rotations. I know that apps exist.. I just keep hearing that it often causes problems to be seen on the phone regardless of reason.. Thanks! Edit: Found a couple while researching.. comments welcome on their worth.. Pocket Medicine: The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine Pharmacopoeia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted January 6, 2017 Administrator Share Posted January 6, 2017 I just keep hearing that it often causes problems to be seen on the phone regardless of reason.. There will always be neanderthals. Use your phone. Medscape is free, UpToDate mobile is awesome. I bring my iPad into the room (I have no other computer--no EMR in this practice) to show pictures or diagrams to patients. I seriously never pick up anything dead tree to put in my pocket, even though some are awesome they were a waste of my money: they stay at my desk, and never get looked at there, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monte Posted January 6, 2017 Author Share Posted January 6, 2017 There will always be neanderthals. Use your phone. Medscape is free, UpToDate mobile is awesome. I bring my iPad into the room (I have no other computer--no EMR in this practice) to show pictures or diagrams to patients. I seriously never pick up anything dead tree to put in my pocket, even though some are awesome they were a waste of my money: they stay at my desk, and never get looked at there, either. Haha I completely hear you.. I'm only following the rules until I learn who is comfortable with what I suppose.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliB Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 For rotations, I opted to get an iPad mini. It fits in the pocket of my white coat, with a clipboard/notepad. My phone doesn't make an appearance unless I am off-duty (lunch). :) My preceptor looked at me sideways a time or two the first day, when I did pull out my iPad. He quickly figured out that if I pulled it out, I was researching whatever it was he'd just referenced to the patient and/or said he'd check ... and I nearly always had the information he wanted up for HIM to see (e.g., max dosing or AE/CI on a drug and/or where the pt could get it for the best price). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMSGuy1982 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Maxwells is a good pocket reference for hospitalist/inpatient medicine. I used it a lot on my rotations. The John Hopkins antibiotic reference app is great. I use it all the time. I can find information faster in it than uptodate on my phone. It's 30 bucks. Definitely worth the money as it continually updates. I echo the uptodate app though! My preceptor was a walking, talking uptodate so I used it more as a backup :-). I used that a lot in my Primary care rotation, mostly for HTN and DM meds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted January 6, 2017 Moderator Share Posted January 6, 2017 ok, I'm a Neanderthal (ooga, booga, grunt, scratch, sniff, paper charts, mmmm). don't trust anything on a phone because phones can break, lose charge, etc. I always carry a tarascon pharmacopeia and a Sanford's infectious dz with me at work. use both frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted January 6, 2017 Administrator Share Posted January 6, 2017 Yeah, Sanford guide is useful. I keep mine by my typewriter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted January 7, 2017 Moderator Share Posted January 7, 2017 as every current pa student under 30 wonders. "what is a typewriter". you laugh. I used one in college. was my dad's. from when he was in college. in 1960. wasn't until my junior year that I started using my girlfriend's(now wife's) macintosh computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMSGuy1982 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 I'm sure "white-out" was a blast when a correction needed to be made. I at least had the electric typewriter with the "correction tape" that ALWAYS seemed to never really work that well. I'll continue to always show my kids "vintage" tools like a rotary telephone with a cord a mile long. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted January 7, 2017 Administrator Share Posted January 7, 2017 Typewriter works wonderfully on tamper-evident paper with carbonless copies. :-) I haven't programmed mine to do a macro for a z-pack yet, though ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted January 7, 2017 Moderator Share Posted January 7, 2017 I used erasable typing paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAtoB Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 EMRA antibiotic guide, access to UpToDate and epocrates on my phone (constantly on it out of work looking up meds to learn/reeducate myself) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren R Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Definitely a pharmacology book, pharmacopoeia is good. Also, I always carried around Maxwell's quick medical reference in my pocket. It's small, inexpensive and very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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