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December 04, 2008, 03:34 PM ET
Latest Tool for Ohio State U. Medical Students Is the iPod Touch
At the Ohio State University Medical Center, the iPod Touch is literally what the doctor ordered.
The university announced this week that all students in the College of Medicine would receive the devices, which the university plans to equip with medical software.
Justin Harper, a third-year medical student credited with the idea of distributing the wifi-enabled audio-and-video players, says the iPod Touch will allow him to listen to lectures during his commute to school and will put current medical information at his fingertips. He will be able to pull up graphics, watch videos of medical procedures, and search medical reference books. Perhaps more importantly, he says, he will be able to answer patients’ questions more quickly and without leaving their sides.
“It just makes [everything] faster,” he said. “We can have it there when we need it.”
Other medical schools have also incorporated iPods or other portable media players in their training. At Temple University, students use iPods to listen to recordings of heart murmurs. At the University of Michigan, students use “Dr. iPod,” a program that lets them review lectures and patient presentations on their iPods. Ohio State University, however, appears to be the first to give the devices away.
But judging from past giveaways, the concept is unlikely to spread to other medical schools. A news analysis in The Chronicle in March questioned the success of giveaway programs. —David DeBolt
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