2. How I got started:
Medicine is Mobile Initiative Fall 2009
Morphed into iPad Initiative Fall 2010
LibGuides created Summer 2010
Faculty Development Spring 2011
New leadership OIIT Spring 2011=more
support!
HPD Library purchased iPad2s Summer 2011
Macs in Library Information Commons Fall
2011
HPD Library purchased iPad3s Winter 2011
3. iPads in Programs:
Fall 2013: New Students in the Programs
College of Osteopathic Medicine
College of Dental Medicine
College of Pharmacy
College of Optometry
5. All Apps are not equal…
Abridged versions of databases
Native apps: use device features such as
camera,
GPS
Hybrid apps: combo native app and
mobile-optimized
web site
Pure mobile-optimized web site with app
portal
6. Mobile-optimized Apps:
Hybrid apps- native app platform plus
mobileoptimized
database
Pure mobile-optimized apps
Require wi-fi or internet access
7. Mobile Apps at HPD:
http://nova.campusguides.com/content.php?pid=1
04950&sid=835769
13. Evaluating Apps:
CRAPPIES
Currency
Relevance
Authority
Purpose
Proven (Accurate, Useful)
Intuitive *
Easy
Stable Interface
*Spool, J. M. (2005). What makes a Design seem ‘Intuitive’? Retrieved
Jan. 20, 2012, from http://www.uie.com/articles/design_intuitive/
14.
15. Library site and subscriptions:
Access Medicine
EBSCO
GALE
StatRef
Science Direct
Clinical Key
OvidMD
Psych Online
Access Pharmacy
Red Book Online
Web of Knowledge
UptoDate
First Consult
Visual Dx
16.
17. Skyscape Apps:
Look for free ones, plus-
DynaMed
Natural Standard
Outlines in Clinical Medicine
Rx Drugs
18.
19. More Drug Apps:
Clinical
Pharmacology
Mobile
Medical Letter
Sanford
Antimicrobial
PEPID (free version)
Pharmacy Pro
Epocrates
Pill Finder
LactMed
Micromedex Drug
Info
Micromedex Drug
Interaction
Lexicomp
25. NEW: Microsoft Office
Nearly a GB in size
Requires a one year subscription to Office 365
($100) to edit and create- do you have
Outlook.com, Xbox accounts?- can install on 5
desktops, 5 tablets
Free version is Read only
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, One Note
Backs up your work on Microsoft One Drive (7GB
free storage)
How to Print documents not intuitive, does not
“open with…”such as Printer Pro
Some gaps such as Charts in Word
26. Plans for Businesses:
Start at $5 per month, $60 per year for up to 25 users
Business-class email,
online conferencing,
public website,
file storage and sharing and office online.
The step-up program is $12.50 per month or $150 per
year and adds
access to the desktop versions of Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, OneNote and several other titles
requires a one-year contract and costs $15 per
month, but can be used by up to 300 people and it
adds Active Directory integration self-service business
intelligence.
27. 2 ways to get Office 365:
Inside MS Office app – use iTunes
Go to office.microsoft.com = pay $99 or
$9.99 monthly (Skip downloading iTunes
apps step if you already downloaded the
apps- can be confusing)
Login with Microsoft account to have app
activate paid features
28.
29. Alternatives:
iWorks
Pages
Numbers
Keynote
(some quirky formatting when switching
back and forth from MS Office to iWorks)