“The University of Derby has given 35 Apple iPods – costing £99 each – to radiography students, to provide them with ‘different ways to learn,'” Brady Haran reports for BBC News.
“They contain pre-loaded video lessons about how to position patients for X-rays,” Haran reports. “It is hoped the portable video demonstrations will be more useful than traditional text books.”
Haran reports, “Senior lecturer Ruth Chester said: ‘They (iPods) are not gadgets, they are things of the future that are here to stay.’
“Radiographer Sue Errett was involved in creating the lessons and said they would be useful for students on placements,” Haran reports.
“However iPods would be banned from the X-Ray room. ‘I don’t feel it would be professional to use it directly in front of a patient,’ she said” Haran reports. “Ms Errett was particularly worried older patients would be unfamiliar with iPods and think the students were simply listening to music.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Alan” for the heads up.]
Just tell the older patients what the iPods are for. Or is that too easy? Sheeesh!
Personally I’ll take the radiography student who knows what they’re doing without checking the text or the iPod. My HMO doesn’t cover alternative forms of Birth Control.
They’d never use iPods in U.S. hospitals. They don’t cost enough. Now if Apple sold an $800,000 iPod, U.S. health care would be all over that.
Single payer, baby. It’s gonna fix this.
Don’t get me wrong, I love capitalism, I just don’t want the capitalists fixing my liver. I’ll take bleeding heart liberals for MY nursing staff and surgeons, thank you very much. Let the capitalists invent stuff and speculate on futures.
@HMCIV
I’m with you on this one dude. If I’m going to get my insides irradiated for the sake of a snapshot. There’s no way I’m gonna let some kid do it who doesn’t have a clue wether to nuke my balls or my arse to get a pic of my kidney stones and has to consult his iPod first. I’d far sooner be blissfully unaware.
Don’t get me wrong. Perfect as a teaching/revision aid
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I’m surprised they haven’t heard of the iPod Touch? I remember all the demonstrations earlier this year about medical apps perfect for students and doctors alike.
That said, learning how to interact with a real live patient is a good teacher of experience in itself, even if you embarrass yourself or whatever — then again — you’d probably just get sued for malpractice in today’s lawyer happy culture where no well intentions or good deeds will go unpunished. It’s one aspect of Americana the UK is so gleefully embracing, for sure.
All that said, Apple are really reclaiming the wilderness years of the 90s. Steve must be very pleased.
Irradiated gonads.
Ahhhh, good times.
To Sum Jung Gai:
You really should reconsider your views on that. More government health care won’t improve things.
There are some good health care articles on this site: http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=5201
Mythbusting Canadian Health Care
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/mythbusting-canadian-health-care-part-i
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/mythbusting-canadian-healthcare-part-ii-debunking-free-marketeers
Nono:
Lots of fantasy in there, some arguments too, but mostly belief in fairy tales. I like the ending though, trying to convince americans to accept B-level care, instead of the A-level care that is available now. That’s what you’re gonna get.
Anyway, we’ll see what Obama and Daschle come up with. I’m always for a good experiment. You never know what’s gonna happen.