This is a poster created for an assignment at the University of Maryland during November 2010.

1. SMARTPHONE TECHNOLOGY and USER INSTRUCTION FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS
Katie Seeler
BACKGROUND: RESULTS:
•72% of American doctors use a •Both faculty and students pleased
Smartphone (expected to increase 8% with being able to access quality
percent by 2012) resources via their phones
•Up to 30% of accredited medical •Desire greater availability  libraries’
schools in the U.S. require students to need to acquire more resources
have Smartphones, while the rest available on Smartphones in addition
actively encourage it to computers and greater outreach
OBJECTIVES: MOST POPULAR AND/OR
•To determine effectiveness of medical USEFUL “APPS”:
resources available through mobile •Epocrates
“apps” •MedCalc
•Evaluate user satisfaction and areas •OsiriX
for further development •iMurmur
•Diagnosaurus
•Unbound Medicine
METHODS: •Skyscape
•Two test groups and two control •QuantiaMD
groups consisting of preclinical and •Eponyms
clinical medical students •Davis’s Drug Guide
•Focus groups at end of year to obtain •Taber’s Medical Dictionary
feedback •STAT!Ref Mobile