Useful Medical Apps

Uncategorized / February 21, 2023

Having these apps on hand will be very useful during your preclinical and clinical years. Some require a subscription to a database or question bank.

MDCalc: The best clinical calculator to have on your phone. Useful for any rotation you are on. Free app.

Amboss Knowledge: Excellent resource for reviewing diseases. Contains very good pictures and charts. Requires a subscription.

Amboss QBank: Great learning tool in addition to UWorld. Easy to use. Requires a subscription.

UWorld: The best question bank to use for studying for Step and shelf exams. Must have a UWorld subscription to use.

Secure platform for communicating with other physicians. Free app. — miSecure Messages: Secure platform for communicating with other physicians. Free app. (Update: miSecure Messages is being replaced with TigerConnect on February 11, 2025!)

PowerChart Touch: Allows you to look into patients’ charts on your phone. Good for seeing which patients are on the schedule for the day. Very easy to use. Free app.

Spotify: A hidden gem for medical podcasts including Daddy Goljan Lectures (great pathology review) and Divine Intervention Podcasts (shelf exam review). The Undifferentiated Medical Student is a great resource if you’re unsure what specialties are out there and what they do.

Touch surgery: App with high-quality video walkthroughs and steps of numerous procedures! Insanely helpful for surgery and Ob/Gyn and an awesome free reference

UpToDate: Look up your patients’ diagnoses and management on the go! We needn’t say more.