The Student-Information Relationship

An excellent conference presentation from the perspective of a Warwick medical student, who implemented an entirely paperless resource workflow during his studies, and why he thinks the methods he used made very effective use of some of the tools and resources available via tablet devices.

eGuidelines App

Guidelines and eGuidelines.co.uk have announced the launch of the new, free, and fully searchable Guidelines app. Guidelines contains concise clinical guideline summaries of all the major primary and shared care guidelines in the UK. With this iPad- and iPhone-compatible app, you can now access all the content from the Guidelines handbook in just three taps.

Download from the App Store

The Guidelines app is full of useful features:

• Immediate access to summaries of NICE guidelines, independent professional body guidance, and expert-led working party guidelines
• Every table, care pathway, and flowchart from the Guidelines handbook
• Quick access to clinical guideline summaries in just three taps
• iPad- and iPhone- compatible
• Fully searchable
• No requirement for an Internet connection
• Bookmark your most read/favourite guideline summaries
• Updated content three times a year.

Guidelines is the three-times yearly handbook summarising clinical guidelines for primary and shared care. Their aim is to provide those involved in developing and implementing practice or locality guidelines with a valuable reference source in a convenient, easy-to-use format. Due to the continual development and revision of national guidelines, Guidelines is updated throughout the year.