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PDA Requirement FOR CLASS OF 2010
Rev 1.29.09 ek
Hardware Requirement: Must have by first day
of Year 2 Spring Semester--Monday, January 7, 2008.
The minimum PDA equipment required is:
- Palm Operating System (OS) version 5.X w/Expansion Slot
- 64 MB
Palm-based PDAs that meet the requirement: Additional memory can be added to each unit below if you want to add more software.
Comparison Charts for Smartphones
- Treo Smartphone 755p
- Treo Smartphone 700p
- Treo Smartphone 680
- Treo Smartphone 650 with additional 128 MB car
- Centro
Comparison Chart for Handhelds
- Tungsten E2 with additional 128 MB card
- Palm TX
Synchronizing Requirement:
Students are expected to synchronize
their PDA with their home computers a minimum of once a week
preferably at the end of the week in order to send Patient Log
data and receive important updates from UCLA AvantGo server.
We also have ports available in the Med West building and the
TLC for synchronizing.
It is recommended that you synchronize
each day or every other day so that the information in your
PDA is backed up onto your computer. When you synchronize, it
is also a good idea to charge your PDA at the same time.
TIP: Be sure to keep your PDA charged and backed up onto your home computer. It
is possible to lose your data if it runs out of power.
Software Requirement for Year 2 Students:
Software Requirement for 3rd/4th Year Students:
The PDA Requirement Committee has
identified software programs available in four of the
categories listed above.
Pharmacopeias (Required - Select
One)
The primary elements to look for in a "PDA Drug Companion" are:
drug name lookup, class lookup, dosages, costs, drug interactions,
drug mechanisms, and program updateability at time of routine
synchronization. ePocrates contains all of these elements and
is free.
ePocrates
Rx FREE
ePocrates Essentials FREE
Peer-reviewed drug information including off-label indications
and formularies in an easy to use format. Includes over 2800
drug monographs and the ability to check up to 30 different
drugs for potential interacations. Also allows user to look
up adult/peds dosing, contraindications/cautions, drug interactions,
adverse reactions, Mfr/cost information and other information
(i.e. pregnancy, lactation and mechanism of action). Drug database
is updated daily. Memory requirement: 3.0 MB (3,000K) minimum
+ 10K per formulary selected.
Transferring Essentials from Another Handheld Platform to iPhone
Tarascon
Pharmacopoeia $27.48/yr
or $7.95/3 mos.
Medical Calculators (Required -
Select One)
The elements of a good medical calculator include an "info" function and formulas.
Document Readers (Required - Select
One)
TealDoc $19.95
Has ability to manage large documents by "indexing" topic areas
for easy access. Currently used for the UCLA Housestaff Manual.
TealTool $19.95
Used for creating Teal Docs.
CSpotRun FREE
Enables you to view a document horizontally or vertically.
i-Silo
$19.95
Displays HTML formatted pages. The shareware version requires
a registration fee. There is a freeware version available, but
it is not fully functional.
Security (Required - Select One)
LockMe! FREE
To keep patient data that you store on your PDA secure, use
this free program that allows you to set a password on the PDA
that activates at any interval that you set (e.g., every 24-hours,
to every 4-hours).
TealLock $19.95
Built-in PDA Security
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