Medical Apps

Here are some medical apps you may want to try out:

• DrawMd - for iPad – FREE – designed by two surgeons is seeking to improve patient understanding of medical problems it utilized the iPad’s unique interface to allow anyone to sketch, stamp, or type directly on the detailed anatomic images included in the apps.
  http://drawmd.com 
•  Molecules - for iPad, iPhone – FREE – view molecules in three dimensions, and even rotate them with your fingers.  New molecules can be downloaded from the PDB or PubChem.
  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/molecules/id284943090?mt=8
• ChemSpider – for Android, Blackberry, iPad, iPhone – FREE – a simple interface that allows to search across the DB of almost 25 million chemical entities based on chemical name.
  http://cs.m.chemspider.com
• DailyMed  - for Android, Blackberry, iPad,iPhone – provides high quality information about marketed drugs.  The info includes FDA labels.
  http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/mobile/index.cfm 
• About Herbs – for iPad, iPhone – FREE – more than 200 monographs describing the structure, purported uses, adverse effects, and drug interations of various herbs, botanicals, supplements, complementary therapies, and more.
  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/about-herbs/id554267162?mt=8 
• MyMedSchedule – for Android, iPad, iPhone – FREE – secure medication schedule and reminder program, complete with pictures of pills.  It allows to created and save easy-to-understand medication schedules. 
  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mymedschedule-mobile/id397469804?mt=8 
• First Aid – for Android, iPad, iPhone – FREE – the official American Red Cross First Aid app puts expert advice for everyday emergencies.
  https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/first-aid-by-american-red-cross/id529160691?mt=8 
• Relax Melodies – for iPad, iPhone – FREE – the leader in personalized relaxation and sleep assistance.  Just custom mix the favorite high quality sounds from a selection of 46, then slip naturally into a relaxed state or a deep, rejuvenating sleep.
  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/relax-melodies-white-noise/id314498713?mt=8

The 2013 Spring Issue of the Medical Library Newsletter is Out!

The 2013 Spring Issue of the Medical Library Newsletter is Out!  The front page story of this issue is the NNLM traveling exhibit: Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Academic Surgeons.

• List of all FIU Medical Library newsletters:
  http://medlib.fiu.edu/about-us/newsletter/index.html 
• The direct link to the 2012 Fall issue is here at:
  http://medlib.fiu.edu/_assets/docs/newsletters/2013spring.pdf

Special Library Hours for March

Special Library Hours for March have been just announced.

•     Saturday, March 9th: 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.
•     Sunday, March 10th: 12noon-1a.m
•     Monday, March 11th - Thursday, March 14th: 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 a.m.
•     Friday, March 15th: 8:00 a.m. - 10p.m.
•     Saturday, March 16th: 10a.m-10p.m

Please be aware that the University Spring break for the rest of the FIU students begins this Saturday, March 9th. Although the Green Library building will have shortened hours, the Medical Library will still be open (times listed below). During these times, the doors to the Green Library building will remain open until 11pm (or 9pm on the days we close at 10pm). As long as you are in the Green Library by these times, you will be able to stay in the Medical Library until closing.

IMPORTANT: Please remember to bring your Panther IDs. The Medical Library staff and/or the security guard will be checking IDs at the 2nd floor entrance.

New e-resource: Anatomy.TV

FIU Medical Library now offers Anatomy.TV, a 3D interactive human anatomy tool!

Anatomy.TV can be used by up to 5 simultaneous users. So if you are done with using this database, make sure to completely close your web browser for other students and faculty can use it.

Check out our Databases page for more medical e-resources. 

Take our LibQual+ Library Satisfaction Survey Online!

Please take a moment to take the LibQual+ Library Satisfaction Survey online!

http://libqual.fiu.edu

***Please write Medical Library to Question 39) The library that you use most often: ***
(Ends Mar. 3)

 

Free Epocrates Essentials Mobile App for US Medical Students

HWCOM students - Check this out!

Epocrates offers the Epocrates Essentials* ($159.99 value) mobile app, the drug, disease, and diagnostic reference tools. And it's FREE for all U.S. medical students.

You can get the app at http://www.epocrates.com/e/FreeforMedicalStudents2012

Below are the FAQs from Epocrates. US Medical students are eligible for a maximum of 4 free one-year Epocrates Essentials subscriptions.

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We created this list of frequently asked questions to help you better understand the free Epocrates Essentials for Medical Students Program

1. Many of our students already use the free Epocrates Rx® application. How is Epocrates Essentials better?
   Epocrates Essentials offers all the functionality of Epocrates Rx (clinical information for thousands of drug monographs), plus additional drug, disease, and diagnostic content, including:
   
   • Information for over 600 alternative (herbal) medicines
     
   • An infectious disease treatment guide
     
   • Diagnostic and treatment information for thousands of diseases
     
   • Hundreds of diagnostic and laboratory tests
     
2. What mobile platforms are compatible with Epocrates Essentials?
   Epocrates Essentials is compatible with the majority of platforms students are using, including AndroidTM, iPhone/iPod® touch and BlackBerry®.
   
3. How do medical students receive their free Epocrates Essentials subscriptions?
   Here’s how the program works:
   
   • Epocrates will promote this program to medical students through a variety of promotional channels, including social media and email marketing to medical students already in our database. We invite you to notify your students about the offer as well!
     
   • Promotion of the program will begin August 1st, 2012. At that time, we will launch a page on our web site that will allow medical students to download the premium application for free.
     

o We will send you the launch email with the link when the web page is live on August 1st so that you can share this with your medical students. We strongly recommend, at minimum, you email the free Epocrates Essentials link. Students are more likely to take advantage of this offer if they receive the announcement via email.

• Once at the web site, medical students can fill in the required registration information, and download the application to their mobile device.

4. Is this offer available to all medical students?
   Medical students currently enrolled in a participating medical school in their first, second, third or fourth years can take advantage of the offer.
   To successfully register for this program, the following criteria must be met:
   
   • Individuals must be a U.S. medical student attending an accredited U.S. MD/DO medical school
     
   • Correct occupation (medical student) and current medical school must be entered accurately
     into the online registration form
     
   • Individuals must have an Epocrates-compatible mobile platform (iOS, Android, or Blackberry)
     
   • One free Epocrates subscription is permitted per current academic year
     Only medical students can receive this discount. Applicants will be presented with the names of eligible schools in a drop down menu, with instructions to select the one in which they are currently enrolled. Epocrates will conduct verification checks throughout the course of this program to confirm
     eligibility of participants.
     
5. Can residents/other healthcare students take advantage of this offer?
   This offer is strictly for medical students only. Residents and healthcare students (i.e. nursing, pharmacy, etc.) are not eligible for this offer. These users may be eligible for other discounts at an institutional rate. Please visit http://www.epocrates.com/products/groups for more information, or contact us at groupsales@epocrates.com or (866) 559–3053.
   
6. How many times can a medical student take advantage of this offer?
   A medical student can receive a maximum of four free one-year Epocrates Essentials subscriptions. Medical students can download only one subscription per year. They cannot activate multiple subscriptions in a single year from this program. Each Epocrates license will be assigned to a single device.
   

7. What if a medical student wishes to transfer their subscription to another platform (e.g., switch from Android to iOS)?
   We allow one subscription transfer within a 12 month period. If the medical student has already transferred their subscription once this year and wishes to make further changes,
   please contact Epocrates support.
   If a medical student has a new device and wishes to transfer their subscription to another platform, instructions can be found here.
   
8. Who do we contact for technical support?
   Medical students can contact our customer support team via email at studentdiscount@epocrates.com or phone at 1–800–230–2150 Call hours: 6am-6pm PT Monday -Friday.
   Medical students can also visit our website at www.epocrates.com/support for frequently asked questions and other support-related info.
   
9. What if a medical student already subscribes to Epocrates Essentials?
   The free Epocrates Essentials for Medical Students program will extend their subscription an additional year.
   
10. What other communications will I receive from Epocrates?
    You will receive updates from us in the form of product announcements to help your students get the most out of their subscription as well as various other communications.
    
11. Can medical students who do not own mobile devices access Epocrates another way?
    Epocrates also offers a free online clinical reference at https://online.epocrates.com. We can provide both individual and site-licensed programs. Your institutional sales executive can provide partnership options. They can be reached at groupsales@epocrates.com or 1–866–559–3053.
    

Off Campus Access Issues

The "Off-Campus Access" page (https://login.ezproxy.fiu.edu/login) is currently unstable due to the recent redesign of the FIU main university library website. The issue has been reported and we are waiting for the fix.

This should not affect your on-campus access to library resources. If you have any urgent need for an article during this ezproxy downtime, please contact the library and we will be happy to help you (medlib@fiu.edu).

Thanks for understanding!