Google extensions to study medicine

The doctor and teacher Javier Flores proposes through his profile on Twitter five Google Chrome extensions that “will make you the best medical student”. These are useful applications for all those students who are currently studying any of the health branches.

The first of them, MedScape is “an essential Chrome extension for students. It offers quick access to a comprehensive database of medical information and up-to-date news.”

1/ Medscape

It is an essential Chrome extension for medical students. Offers quick access to a comprehensive database of medical information and up-to-date news

— Dr. Javier Flores (@farmacotips) January 25, 2023

Secondly, AnkiWeb, “It is perfect for students who use the spaced revision method to learn. It allows you to synchronize your flashcards between devices.” While, Mediacal“helps you perform complex medical calculations quickly and accurately. Useful for students and professionals.”

3/ MedCalc

helps you perform complex medical calculations quickly and accurately. Useful for medical students and professionals

— Dr. Javier Flores (@farmacotips) January 25, 2023

for his part UptoDate“allows you to access the latest treatment guidelines and recommendations based on scientific evidence” and finally, Epocrates, is a quick reference tool for students and professionals. “It offers information about drugs, interactions, dosages and more,” says the doctor.

5/ Epocrates

is a quick reference tool for medical students and professionals. Offers information on medications, interactions, dosages, and more.

— Dr. Javier Flores (@farmacotips) January 25, 2023

Flowers explains to Medical Writing that, “Technology is a tool that facilitates the acquisition of knowledge“. In fact, he qualifies that since there are various sources of information, it is very difficult to keep up to date, especially in Medicine. “In medical training, – he insists – most institutes and universities are based on bibliographies from the last year, but that can change with one or several studies carried out in the last hours, for which These extensions, like other tools, help in the training and social interest of better health workers”.

In addition, it should be noted that these extensions are not only aimed at physicians but also, any toilet can use them, As a nurse explains in the Twitter conversation thread: “I am from Nursing and I am also going to use it” and even medical students have added some other extension to the thread: “zotero or any other manager of bibliographical references”.

Artificial intelligence

Technology has become an extension of ourselves. In fact, there are projects already underway such as ChatGPT that have shown that there is no challenge for them. It is a tool based on artificial intelligence (AI) that, with a predictive model, seems to be able to answer any question in the world and that, in fact, could also pass the MIR test.

Undoubtedly, AI and advances in IT seem to be ahead of us in many of the fields in which human beings carry out their day-to-day activities.