www.mddus.com
Interactive: (top) a 3D look at the human face (
Pocketanatomy.com); (above right) the Mersey Burns app (
merseyburns.com); (left) step-by-step instructions on chest tube insertion (
Touchsurgery.com)
area (England only). Browse by category, bookmark and share/print/ email favourites. Concise summaries and diagrams can prove helpful when explaining conditions to patients in plain English.
Pocket Anatomy £7.99; Apple View full 3D male and female body anatomy with 10 layers of musculoskeletal, neurovascular and internal organ content (accessible without an internet connection). There is a note-taking function and quizzes to test learning
CliniCalc Medical Calculator Free (£3.99 for full version); Apple Handy for calculating formulas, scores and classifications from simple Glasgow Coma Score reminders to the CHADS2 stroke risk score, as well as visual aids for Mallampati classification. Categorised by specialty, it lets users store their favourite formulas and offers background information.
Touch Surgery, Surgical Simulator Free; Apple and Android Developed by surgeons, this app breaks down operations into their component steps and decision points. Users can engage with interactive, 3D simulations and practise techniques with the ability to carry out an “unsupervised” operation. It also lets you test yourself and track progress.
“Always exercise professional judgement before relying on information from an app”
GPnotebook One-off payment of £21.99; Apple This “online encyclopaedia of medicine” offers quick access to a database holding more than 26,000 pages of information. Users can make annotations and search the resource by keyword or browse by topics such as “cardiovascular” or “chest medicine”. GPnotebook account holders can synchronise annotations and other personal data held in the app with their online account.
Link • RCP London factsheet, Using apps in clinical practice –
tinyurl.com/p8vs46r
Joanne Curran is an associate editor of FYi
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