By Connie Gong (constance.gong@emory.edu)

Over the years, doctors have gone from carrying fat medical books to PDAs to mobile devices to house the rapidly growing medical information that we are responsible for knowing. As a pediatric emergency medicine

(PEM) physicians at Emory, we carry our own personal “medical consultants” on my phone. In this 3-part series, we will be covering the many apps, websites, and blogs that area available to the general public and provides the latest evidence based medicine (EBM) in PEM.

Today, we’ll be discussing applications or “apps.” There are so many available, many covering similar topics. Ultimately you need to pick your favorites. All applications can be found on iphone or android platforms. Continue reading →