
In no particular order:

DropBox: This is a great "cloud" file hosting app and program. Download both to take full advantage of the program. The program works just like a usual folder on you desktop but once a file has been placed inside, it syncs with the cloud and your files magically appear on any computer or device that has dropbox installed. Also, you can share your files. I recently uploaded an entire folder of "Resident as Teacher" articles to share with another EM guru. This prevented me from having to attach lots of files to an email and send them to him.

Evernote: Michelle has talked about this app at length but I figured I would share my .00002 cents as well. Evernote is my go-to note program. Like Dropbox, use the desktop program in addition to the app. It allows you to add PDF files, pictures, and free text and then put them into notebooks, tag them with memory clues, and free text search them. Here's the real sweet part though: the company has made add ons for your internet browser that allows you to "clip" an entire webpage of portions of text from online and saves it to the program automatically.

Medical Mnemonics: This program is a lot of fun. I often have a hard time remember mnemonics which makes them more difficult to use. Not any more. This app lists them all and also allows you to use your own. You can also search by condition: Ranson Criteria anyone? GA LAW comes right up. For more "mnemonically" oriented learners, I can share this with them to their hearts content.

MediMath: The app has calculators galore. It's almost as good as mdcalc minus the clinical risk stratification tools that are located on that site. Its interface is quick and easy to use.

Persiflagers Annotated Compendium of Infectious Diseases: One of my two antimicrobial guides. This app is written by an infectious disease specialist with a wonderful sense of sarcastic humor that he writes into his advice on treatment in the form of Rants. For example: Necrotizing Fasciitis and hyperbaric therapy, "I said it was great for the bends, but primarily served to make hyperbaric doctors richer. Why do you ask? Turns out he was the medical director for a hyperbaric chamber. Oops. Open mouth, insert foot." Beyond the therapy, his recommendations are up to date and cover the spectrum of possible causes.









SlowMo: I learned about this app from Scott Weingart, MD, of EMCrit fame. A few podcasts back he talked about vestibular stroke and physical exam findings. One of the problems with the exam is actually seeing what the eyes are doing. This app allows you to slow down a video taken on your iphone/ipod touch and see exactly whether the reflex is expected or pathological.
http://www.emergency-medicine1.tk/
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