We live in a world that is largely orchestrated by technology, technology applies everywhere, from our homes, to our schools, to our workplaces, and to even our churches. Here in our developing environment, technology is vital in order to keep up with the current standard of practices the western world as set and even pioneer certain areas. As medical student or even as any student of a University, you are not exempted from the potentials technology has to offer, you have to keep up and also pioneer new standards of learning in the world you live in. Every medical student should endeavor to acquire a mobile phone device running software such as the android mobile Operating system, or the IOS. If you already have any of the aforementioned devices, it would be wise to have certain applications to allow you to efficiently navigate the course that is Medicine and Surgery.
These applications are;
Adobe Reader
Most of the available E-books in medicine are in portable Document format (PDF) format, and Adobe acrobat reader is the Gold standard for opening and reading PDF documents, you can create book-marks and navigate through inherent bookmarks that come with certain E-books, you can search words and view the pdf in single or continuous modes.
Google Keep
As a medical student, you would have a lot of things you have to keep in your head, things you have to remember, lists you have to create. The challenge is that you cannot remember everything, however, Google Keep makes this easy. It is like having sticky notes in your phone. You can keep reminders for assignments, details such as your bank account number, E-transact number, hospital card number, list of items to purchase, reminders and so on. The good thing is that you can synchronize this with all your internet-connected devices, meaning that if you make a list on your phone, you can access it anytime on your tablet.
Google Chrome
With the simplest of designs Google Chrome provides the best quality versions of web pages in the fastest of times. it comes with many added features, it allows you to save up to 50% Data , Save virtually any web page as a PDF and read it later with Adobe Acrobat Reader, it provides faster navigation through the web as you can choose from search results as you type, quickly access, previously visited pages, synchronize tabs and bookmarks from your laptop to your phone and/or tablet, use incognito mode to browse without saving your history.
Wikipedia
The free encyclopedia known as Wikipedia is available as a mobile phone app, this app come with gestures allowing you access all Wikipedia Articles in user friendly formats, it allow one to save articles for offline reading so whether or not you have an active internet connection or even subscription you can access saved articles. It provides tab browsing; pressing and holding a Wikipedia link in the Wikipedia app opens a new tab in the Wikipedia app, allowing you to keep reading your current article without losing your place, and switch to the new tab when you are ready. tapping on a link shows a preview of the linked article, giving you a chance to get the gist of the link without losing your place in the article you are reading. Swipe left of any article to bring up the table of contents, which lets you jump to article sections easily.
Medscape
Medscape from webMD is the leading medical resource most used by physicians, medical students, nurses and other healthcare professionals for clinical information. Once installed and the clinical reference database downloaded, one can access 4000+ Medscape clinical reference articles offline, so without an active internet subscription one can still access this vast wealth of clinical knowledge.
Merriam Webster dictionary
Nobody knows everything and certainly nobody knows all the words in the English dictionary, but a certain level of command of the English language is needed to understand various words in the textbooks and internet articles you read. As a medical student you will come across new words you don’t know the meaning of and access to an Offline dictionary is paramount. An offline dictionary like the Merriam Webster dictionary, which is one of the most comprehensive dictionaries in the world would be a good fit for a medical student.
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office documents is the Application created by Microsoft for reading Microsoft documents. Microsoft Office mobile is available for android OS versions 4.3.3 and below while the individual apps Microsoft word and Microsoft Powerpoint are available for android versions 5.0 and above.
Xender
This application uses the WI-FI capabilities of mobile phones to send and receive files folders and even applications at speeds far greater than that of the Bluetooth technology. It has many practical applications for instance you do not need to download any of the other apps in this article, one can simply receive all these apps through xender. You can send items of even up to I gigabyte or more which would be impractical at speeds offered by Bluetooth technology.
Opera mini
This is the perfect browser for you if you find yourself in a situation where your Network speed is slow and/or you are in dire need to save your Internet subscription’s megabytes. It possesses almost all the features Google Chrome has to offer.
An email Service
Do not underestimate the power of emails, most often project supervisors use the email as a means of communicating with their students, lectures also send lecture note pre or post lectures. it’s important to keep your emails at your fingertips. Apps such as the G-mail app or Yahoo mail app will provide you with an easy means of accessing your email. The Yahoo mail app especially provides you with the ability to add G-mail, AOL, or multiple mailboxes and easily switch between them.
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