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iPad Student Workshop-February 28th, 2011
This workshop included 1) “Achieving a Paperless Workflow” by David Tran 2) Creating Shared Dropbox in the Anatomy Lab by Raja Narayan and Martin Hofmann and 3) A Review of Anatomy Apps by Areo Saffarzadeh. Watch the complete tutorial. Search for UC Irvine in iTunesU, Click on iPad Orientation, then iPad Student Workshop #4. Read More…
weDraw Lite/Pro – App Review by Julie Youm
Cost: Free/$1.99 Rating: 4/5 weDraw Lite is described by its developers as “an application for collaborative sketching and drawing.” And, true to this description, we were able to create, share and simultaneously update a drawing between two iPads via Bluetooth within just a few short minutes of downloading this app. Being able to connect to Read More…
Inkling Produces the First Interactive Anatomy Textbook for the iPad- Essential Clinical Anatomy by Moore, Agur and Dalley
Inkling has released an iPad version of Essential Clinical Anatomy (ECA) 4th ed. By Moore, Agur and Dalley. This version presents the core anatomical concepts found in Moore’s Clinically Oriented Anatomy, Sixth Edition. All ten iPads in the UC Irvine Anatomy lab have ECA which students can reference during their dissections. You can download the Read More…
iPad Colliquium: Use of iPad in the Anatomy Lab- Monday, February 28th at noon
We will have the anatomy lab iPads (all ten) available for you and plan to discuss how the iPad can help you learn in the lab. This is a great opportunity to have time to look at the apps already provided and have input on what else we can do to make the iPad a Read More…
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Transforming Medical Education with the iPad – Lessons Learned from the iMedEd Initiative Warren Wiechmann, MD MBA will discuss how the iPad is helping transform the curriculum at the UC Irvine School of Medicine to make medical education more innovative and interactive. The iMedEd Initiative has provided each student in the Class of 2014 with Read More…
FDA Approves Image Viewing, Diagnostic Software For Apple Mobile Devices.
Excerpt from Emergency Medicine Today on 2/7/11: Los Angeles Times (2/5, Zajac) reported that the FDA on Friday approved “software for viewing images and making medical diagnoses from MRIs and CT, PET and SPECT scans on several of Apple Inc.’s popular hand-held devices.” The agency reviewed “image quality and checked studies with radiologists under variable Read More…
iPads Provided in the Anatomy Labs
We have now provided five iPads in the anatomy lab, with five more to follow next week. Some considerations regarding this new iPad-enhanced Anatomy lab. We are concerned about the security and safety of the iPads since each is worth over $700 (iPad plus apps). Do not remove them from the lab for any reason. Read More…
eTextbook App Summary
Following this post are app-specific walkthroughs for a number of the current iPad eTextbook apps. The two app walkthroughs missing are for the Modality app (Thieme Body Atlas title review, but non-atlas text-heavy title not reviewed yet) and VitalSource app. Overall Rankings: Modality and Inkling iBooks Kindle Nook CourseSmart VitalSource Synopsis: Modality and Inkling have Read More…
Kindle iPad App Walkthrough
Walkthrough of the Kindle iPad App