Handhelds for Doctors

doi:10.1136/bmj.326.7384.341

From trainee to consultant, BMJ Group offers doctors around the world tailored information, special events, learning resources and recruitment services at every step along their career path.

... by doctors, for doctors, for patients
We are open for entries!

Online learning

BMJ Learning

High-quality CME / CPD for doctors and other healthcare professionals. BMJ Learning features hundreds of accredited, peer-reviewed learning modules in text, video, and audio formats. Find out more

Courses and Qualifications

BMJ Masterclasses

BMJ Masterclasses, led by experts, help clinicians to use the latest evidence and recent guidelines in practice and meet their CPD/CME requirements. Find out more

Exam Preparation

The leading provider of online exam preparation, helping over 167,000 healthcare professionals to pass their exams. Find out more

onExamination

Search all BMJ research articles:

From

Limit by

Access to the full text of this article requires a subscription or payment. Please log in or subscribe below.

Andrew Harrison (andrew.harrison@ic.ac.uk), surgical house officer, west London

Mohammad Al-Ubaydli

Idiopathic Publishing, £20/$30, pp 144 ISBN 0 9544157 0 1

For ordering details, see http://www.handheldsfordoctors.com/book/

Rating: Embedded Image

For the first year after buying a Handspring handheld computer, I never used it and thought that I had wasted my money. However, when I started as a surgical house officer it became a useful tool, allowing me to dispense with paper patient lists and avoid the tedious task of continually having to print up to date versions. Conveniently it also holds my hospital telephone numbers.

At first I tried using a specialised medical program, …