Archive for June, 2008
Best off the wall productivity tips from Zen Habits
Readers of the successful productivity blog, Zen Habits, were recently asked to offer their best original productivity hacks. The answers were fascinating and worth sharing. I recommend you read all the suggestions, but here are some of my favourites, which I think really stack up for medicos and those struggling to study.
A consistent [...]
Anatomy software for macs
Anatomy is a perennial issue for medical students, and post-graduate trainees. Luckily, there are some excellent anatomy programs available for the Mac. These can be used when studying, or as a ready reference when working.
And don’t forget to read my previous posts on flash cards, mind-maps and radiology viewers, which are essential when [...]
Medical Grand Rounds up at Shrink Rap
Just a pointer that Shrink Rap is hosting the iPhone 3G edition of medical ward rounds. This is a weekly roundup of posts in the medical world. They have a fantastic clickable iPhone image-map, which is worth a look on it’s own.
Medical iPhone Apps we’d like to see in July
Medical iPhone apps were a keystone of the announcement of iPhone 2.0 this month. There are undoubtedly many medical applications currently under development. But I am not a radiologist, so the viewer is not so useful for me. And I don’t use EDGE because it is really expensive in Aus, so ePocrates [...]
How doctors can find time
Doctors’ tasks are usually “urgent” - phone calls and pages, waiting patients, emergency patients, and supervisors who drop in “to do a quick round.”
There is a dearth of time to do important, but non-urgent tasks. What minutes there are at the end of clinic, or while waiting for the next patient, are often lost. [...]