Can an iPad help me? Practical pointers and tools of the trade Sharon Domb, MD, CCFP, FCFP Chris Tsoi, MD, CCFP
Can an iPad help me?Practical pointers and tools of the trade
Sharon Domb, MD, CCFP, FCFPChris Tsoi, MD, CCFP
Objectives
• Meetings
• Presentations
• Journal articles and guidelines
• Point of care information
Getting Started
• Over 275,000 apps on the App Store
• Difficult to know which ones are useful
• Many sources of information and opinions available
• For medical apps, check reviews on imedicalapps.com
• No free trial period available
3GLTE
The “Cloud”
Meetings
Meetings
• Bring agendas and background material electronically
• Take notes during meeting
• Keep materials and notes in an organized way so they are easily retrievable
• Distribute notes
• Back up files
Meetings: Key Productivity Apps
• GoodReader
• Evernote
• Pages
• Keynote
• SoundNote
• Office to PDF
Meetings: GoodReader
• Store and organize documents in files and folders
• Can bring in documents from email and internet by using “Open in...” function
• File types: Office, iWork, PDF, audio, video, images
• Connection to cloud servers (two way): either individual files or entire folders
• Can open documents stored in GoodReader in other apps (i.e. iBooks, QuickOffice, etc.)
• Can back up as separate folder on computer through syncing, or through Dropbox
• Annotate and highlight PDFs
Meetings: Evernote
• Store everything: notes, pictures, checklists, PDF files, Office documents, audio recordings
• Searchable
• Can sync through iCloud to numerous devices including iPad, iPhone, Mac, and Windows computers
Meetings: Pages
• Apple word processing
• Can import Pages or Word documents
• Can export (through email) as Pages (.pages), Word (.doc) or PDF (.pdf) document
Meetings: SoundNote
• Take notes/minutes in meetings by hand (with a stylus) or typing
• Option to record audio simultaneously
• Audio synchronized with notes – if you miss something, during playback tap the area of the missing note, and audio plays exactly what was said at the time the note was written
• Can share text/drawings/audio via email
Meetings: Office to PDF
• Convert Word, Excel or Powerpoint files to PDF
• Can then annotate files in GoodReader
• Export via email, Dropbox, or send to another app
• Requires internet connection as conversion occurs on a secure server (file transfer is encrypted and files are only machine read, and then deleted)
• First 50 conversions are free
Presentations
Presentations
• Create presentations with ease: including multimedia, hyperlinks, animation, etc.
• Update presentations on the go
• Export presentations
• Display presentations on screen
Presentations: Keynote
• Apple presentation software
• Can import Keynote or PowerPoint files
• Can export (via email) in Keynote, PowerPoint or PDF formats
• Can be displayed with projector, or via Apple TV
Presentations: Creating
• Can be created in Keynote (Mac) or Powerpoint (Windows)
• Mac OS 10.8 (Mountain Lion) enables automatic synchronization of Keynote files between computer and iPad (running OS 6)
• Sharing can be accomplished via Dropbox, so people can work on a presentation together
• Keynote files can be saved in Keynote or Powerpoint
• Consider creating presentation on a desktop or laptop, and then saving on iPad
Presentations: Display
• iPad presentation mode, within Keynote is very user-friendly
• Option to see current slide and next slide simultaneously
• Option to see current slide and notes simultaneously
• Timer at the top
• iPad 2 and 3 have ability to mirror screen
• Display options:
• LCD projector via standard VGA or HDMI cable
• HDTV wirelessly via AppleTV or wired via HDMI cable
Slide #Time
Timer
Slide previews
Journal Articles and Guidelines
Journal Articles and Guidelines
• Not only can you use GoodReader for managing meeting materials, but also journal articles and guidelines
• Virtually all journals and guidelines are now widely available in electronic format, as PDF files
• As earlier discussed:
• Annotating
• Sharing
• Saves on paper and weight
Journal Articles and Guidelines
• Advantages of reading on the iPad over hard copies:
• A great screen for reading
• Discovering
• Organization
A great screen for reading
• Almost as sharp as print:
• Paper journals are printed at 300 dots per inch (dpi)
• The iPad display is 264 dpi
• Easy to zoom in on small text
Journal Articles and Guidelines: Discovering
• Many journals and guideline organizations have their own iPad apps
• In many cases a subscription is required
CMAJ
Demo
Organization: Papers
• Papers is a great app for keeping a collection of journal articles in PDF form because it can store “metadata” about each article
• e.g. Title, Author, Journal, Abstract, etc.
• Journal repositories can be searched directly from Papers
• e.g. PubMed, Google Scholar, etc.
Point of Care Information
Point of Care Information
• Drug references (Lexicomp)
• Medical calculators (MedCalc Pro)
• UpToDate
• LU Codes
Point of Care Information: Lexicomp
• Features:
• Drug monographs: dosing, indication, price, etc.
• Interaction checker
• Requires a paid subscription
• Other options: Epocrates, Micromedex, Medscape
Point of Care Information: MedCalc Pro
• Examples: CHADS2 score, Framingham CV risk, etc.
• Features:
• Tap the buttons to easily enter risk factors
• Easy to access background information about the development of the formula
• Other options: Mediquations
Point of Care Information: UpToDate
• Requires a subscription
• Can download articles offline, including graphics
• The exact same functionality as the website:
• Links between articles
• Quick table of contents
• Bookmarks and history
• Lexicomp drug reference
Point of Care Information: LU Codes
• The app is called: Codes On
• “Pocket reference” for LU codes:
• Code number
• Indications
• Authorization period
Thank You!
Download our slide deck as a PDF:http://tinyurl.com/fmfipad