This document provides tips and recommendations for using mobile devices and search engines to quickly find medical information at the bedside. It discusses popular search engines like Google and recommends using clinical terms for searches. Mobile computers and smartphones are highlighted as essential tools for clinicians to access resources and share information. Several evidence-based medicine websites and apps are also introduced. The document emphasizes the importance of local protocols and knowledge sharing between mobile devices. Contact information is provided for any additional questions.

1. Searching at 70 mph
Tips for finding facts by the bedside
Metropolitan New Library Council
Hospital Library Services Program
June 12, 2006
Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, MD

2. Searching at 70 mph
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Introductions
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Search engines
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Mobile computers
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Q&A

3. Google is brilliant because...
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They use the web’s peer-review process to
organize information
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The user interface is text
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But... everyone thinks they are a good driver

4. The creators of Yahoo! could have
been librarians

5. The creators of Yahoo! could have
been librarians

6. The user interface is text

7. The user interface is text

8. Use clinical words wherever possible

9. Use clinical words wherever possible

10. Use “site:” to restrict search to
certain websites

11. Use “site:” to restrict search to
certain websites

12. Use Google Scholar for reviews and
seminal papers

13. Localise Google Scholar

14. Localise Google Scholar

15. Use Google Images for PowerPoint
presentations (don’t forget copyright)

16. Problems
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Google’s success is leading to positive feedback
loop rather than independent peer-review
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Coverage is not comprehensive
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User success leads to false confidence
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How should librarians approach organizing
resources in a post-Google world?

17. What is a mobile computer?
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Ultramobile
– Handheld computer
– Smartphone
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Advantages
– portable
– battery life
– always on
– easy sharing

18. Why it is here to stay
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Handheld computers become smartphones, and
every clinician is already carrying a phone
– Aziz et al (PMID 16109177) gave smartphones to
surgeons and improved responsiveness to nurses
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No charge left behind
– Moulton et al (PMID 16385275) gave handheld
computers to trauma surgeons and increases
charge capture

19. Evidence-based medicine: UpToDate
Good, comprehensive, traditional
www.uptodate.com

20. Evidence-based medicine: MedHand
Impressive technology, simple to manage
www.medhand.com

21. Evidence-based medicine: InfoRetriever
Quick answers to clinical questions
www.infopoems.com

22. Evidence-based medicine: InfoRetriever
Quick answers to clinical questions
www.infopoems.com

23. Evidence-based medicine: InfoRetriever
Quick answers to clinical questions
www.infopoems.com

24. Personal information
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Do not underestimate the organizer software
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The more they write the more they find
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Copy and paste abstracts

25. Local knowledge
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Plucker and RepliGo versions of local protocols
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Beaming

26. Local knowledge
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Plucker and RepliGo versions of local protocols
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Beaming

27. Q&A
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Mohammad Al-Ubaydli me@mo.md
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Copies of the presentation are available at
www.handheldsfordoctors.com