A guide to handheld healthcare M. Al-Ubaydli MD Cantab, Visiting Research Fellow With online tutorials by C. Paton BMBS BMedSci, Director, New Media Medicine £12.95,  978-1-85315-686-1,  80pp,  Paperback,  April 2006

George Oosthuizen, British Medical Journal.
" If you own a smartphone or a personal digital assistant (PDA) and you haven't read this book, I suggest you do so now. You are likely to discover a list of previously unknown applications for your device that will help you get substantially more out of your day. If you're not a PDA owner but have been toying with the idea of purchasing one, read this book before buying. In just a few short hours it will give you useful guidance as to what to look out for. The book is a quick, easy read, even for the uninitiated...Read this book and never look back."

Evidence-Based Medicine, BMJ Journal, April 2008
Clinical Usefulness - 5/5

Handheld computers, or PDAs, are computers small enough to hold in your hand or fit into your pocket. Smartphones are PDAs which also allow the user to make and receive phone calls. For doctors, PDAs are possibly the most clinically appropriate of all the computer devices created. This is an essential guide for doctors wishing to maximise the potential of their PDA or smartphones and is the only book available to address the specific needs of doctors in relation to PDAs and smartphones.

The Doctor's PDA & Smartphone Handbook is a step by step guide which introduces readers to the basics of PDAs. Comprehensive in its approach and easily accessible to those with no technical knowledge, the first few chapters demonstrate how the devices are used and how effective they can be in day-to-day clinical care and in training activities. Communication and sharing data and clinical information is enhanced if the full team is equipped with PDAs, and later chapters discuss more advanced uses and issues that should be considered if planning to equip the whole team. The text is accompanied by invaluable teaching videos and vignettes illustrating how teaching points covered in each chapter can be applied to realistic scenarios.

Written by one of the world's leading experts on the clinical uses of mobile computing, Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli is now a researcher in the USA. The online videos are by Dr Chris Paton, Director of New Media New Medicine and creator of some of the world's leading websites for clinical education. Together, they have combined their expertise and have created a highly informative and effective text.

Both of them run the annual handheld computer workshop at the Royal Society of Medicine. To find out more why not visit the Young Fellows website or contact the Young Fellows administrator to find out when the next workshop will be held.
For further information about the book and its authors, please visit the websites listed below:

The teaching videos
Mohammad Al Ubaydli's website
Chris Paton's website

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