The handheld assistant for Medical students

The vision of a surgeon completing her rounds at hospital ward equipped with a handheld personal digital assistant (PDA) to access and update all relevant information for each patient is approaching. One of the stepping stones will be integrating the use of such technology amongst medical students.

CMO InfoDoc is designed for medical schools and students. Whilst InfoDoc’s primary objective is to improve the efficiencies between students and medical faculties, a secondary goal of InfoDoc is helping medical students to become familiar with the operation and application of PDA technology so they are ready to realise its full potential when entering their chosen fields. Afterall the medical profession is mobile.

InfoDoc can revolutionise the way medical schools interact with their students. The Infodoc platform can be customised to


Benefits

Provision of tutorial and lecture reference material electronically Provisions of feedback forms electronically, with triggers requiring certain forms to be submitted before subsequent information is provided Electronic entry of feedback data from students, saving on double entry and providing comprehensive reporting Provision of updates and faculty notices to students in a controlled and informative manner Provision of timetables and revisions electronically

Partners

We are working with the Australian National University Medical School and Personal Professional Monitoring Pty Ltd on an implementation of this product.

You can download a CMO InfoDoc product sheet here