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“As part of its new iMedEd Initiative, the medical school has developed a comprehensive, iPad-based curriculum, reinventing how medicine is taught in the 21st century and becoming the first in the nation to employ a completely digital, interactive learning environment for entering students, says Dr. Ralph V. Clayman, dean of the UCI School of Medicine,” Sellers reports. “‘It is our firm belief that a digitally based curriculum will be the wave of the future, and UCI seeks to be a leader in the innovative presentation of information to students,’ he adds.”
Sellers reports, “The wireless, 16GB, 3G iPad features hundreds of medical applications; note-taking and recording capabilities; and many other tools to complement various learning styles. Students will be able to view short, topical lectures via podcast prior to meeting for small-group discussion.”
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Tis only a matter of time til this comes to the public and private schools.
I don’t own an iPad yet. Waiting for 2.0.
But is it “tough enough” for high school students?
blood bath!
Makes sense. After all, it’s what they’ll likely be using when they begin practicing. That they’re already customizing it for educational use only months after its release shows what a long-term impact it will have.
Children from the C19 would laugh at our desire at using ‘slates’ again!
“Tis only a matter of time til this comes to the public and private schools.”
Only in Spanish in mexifornian schools.
“class of 2014 will find an iPad pre-loaded with everything necessary for the first year of course work in their coat pocket.”
Those lab coats must have some pockets.
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Then again, sure beats carrying a dump truck full of books everywhere.
This is great news because UC is one of the schools my son is planning on applying to.
Cool!
I have 2 jackets with inner pockets large enough to hold my iPad.
Costco, if you must know.
Damn! Went to med school 15 years too early.
Why does this matter? Because healthcare, which is notorious for behind slow to adopt technology, will see a generation of doctors who have made the iPad an essential daily tool. Over time, individual physicians, medical practices and hospitals will embrace the iPad and iPhone.
Today, your doctor probably still writes prescriptions with pen on paper. This will change. Using the iPad, your doctor will enter the prescription into a system that will verify that the doctor is licensed, that the prescription won’t conflict with other prescriptions written for you by other doctors, and be sent automatically to the pharmacy of your choice, all in near real-time. That’s but one example of how the iPad will change medicine, healthcare and health insurance for the better.
@Brian
They are already doing this thru several e-prescribing protocols. As of August 2009, ~ 3% of all new rxs were electronic. But with Medicare paying doctors bonuses to e-prescribe, the increase is noticeable.
And, in 2012 Medicare will start penalizing docs for not e-prescribing. I think that will be the big incentive to move most docs to e-prescribing.
I know, I sell drugs. Legally.
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