More than 300 students in Drexel's College of Nursing and Health Professions--including those enrolled in Drexel University's online RN to BSN program--received an iPod touch this year. The devices' built-in Wi-Fi will allow students instant access to key medical information, which should help decrease incidents of drug conflicts and incorrect medical procedures.
“Whether students are searching for drug interactions during a clinical exercise or information in a medical dictionary, they can go online and find the latest research through numerous databases,” said L.J. “Rocky” Rockstraw, director of Drexel’s Center for Clinical and Electronic Learning Resources and an associate clinical professor at the College of Nursing and Health Professions.
The College began using pocket-PC handheld devices in 2001 to access drug and medical databases. The infrastructure required to support those devices was difficult to maintain and updates were often hard to install. The iPod touch was selected because of its “ease of use and available technical support.”
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