Can an iPad help me? Sharon Domb, MD, CCFP , FCFP Chris Tsoi, MD, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Can an iPad help me?

Practical pointers and tools of the trade Sharon Domb, MD, CCFP , FCFP Chris 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

3G LTE 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)
• r 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
• f Keynote files between computer and iPad (running OS 6)
• Sharing can be accomplished via Dropbox, so people can work
• n 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
• rganizations 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!

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