Android M.B.B.S. Apps

As a medical student 15 years ago, the student's "peripheral brain" consisted of fat textbooks sitting on office bookshelves or smaller, spiral-bound references stuffed into the bulging pockets of their lab coat. These were then replaced with programs loaded onto PDAs. Today, smartphone apps allow health professionals at all levels to access the most up-to-date medical resources such as drug references, disease-risk calculators, and clinical guidelines—anytime, anywhere.

If you don't have an Iphone. Well, you don't have an Iphone.

But,I have an android. :D Catching up with the android rage, I tried many android apps on my Samsung Galaxy. I got some  free apps for medical students , which I personally found to be useful in some context or the other.

1.  Dorland's Medical Dictionary

It is the most comprehensive dictionary containing approximately 40,000 entries and 350 illustrations and provides authoritative, concise definitions for a wide range of terms used in the health sciences. Though the free app is a trial version, you can uninstall and re-install the app after the 7 days of trial period.

2. Medscape

It is a great drug reference app and also a mini-textbook packed with protocols for disease pathology, great for a quick reference and refreshing you medical knowledge. The application contains 7,000+ drug references, 3,500+ disease clinical references, 2,500+ clinical images and procedure videos, robust drug interaction tool checker, CME activities, and more. I am in love with this app. It's the best and a must have!

3. Eponyms
These are the people who discovered a disease, pioneered a treatment, or invented a test, and later had their work named after them. In offline mode, a little info about the eponym is given. If you have data connectivity, you can look up details in google or wikipedia.

4.Skyscape

It is an all-in-one high-quality app, available on all Android OS versions. For users of older Android versions, skyscape is a fair replacement for Medscape. RxDrugs, Archimedes (Medical Calculator), Outlines in Clinical Medicine and MedAlert are available for free.

5. Evernote

It is a great organization tool which allows you to access and read your PDF documents on the go. Adding pictures to notes is an additional amazing feature which can help keep track of notes for future reference. Above all, you can sync these notes across computers and other devices you use.

6. Med Mnemonics Lite
The free version contains mnemonics of Anatomy, Pharmacology, Internal Medicine and Cardiology. I'm not sure if the paid app is worth the price though.

7. Wikidroid
I don't care what the health information librarians say, wiki is still an easy and quick way to look up answers. User friendly interface- quick and easy navigation. Save page for offline viewing feature.

Edit: For people like me who absolutely need mnemonics to remember certain things you could try using scrabble word finder to quickly make up the mnemonic. I enter the first alphabet of the points I need to remember and then select the word I am familiar with out of the given options. Obviously, this helps more when you have more vowels. Now you can save your precious time at least a few times!

If you have any other app that you find useful, leave a comment below and help others!