I first heard of twitter in 2007, more than a year after its inception. At the time it had gained some traction in the technology press. The biggest stumbling block for me was the lack of a wide user base, with the majority of early adopters being computer scientists and…
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Apps for urologists
With smartphones having already overtaken PC sales and tablets due to overtake PCs by the end of the year, the market for medical apps is ever expanding. In this edition of web review, I have tried to bring together some essential apps for practicing urologists. General apps The NICE BNF…
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Reference management and Zotero.org
Reference management software is an indispensable tool for academic or professional writing. Yet many trainees and consultants seem never to have used any such software and are still diligently typing references in articles. Reference management software such as EndNote or RefWorks has traditionally been available as a separate application which…
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European Urology App
I was always one of those people that ‘didn’t see the point in the iPad’, until I bought one that is. With so many digital versions of textbooks, it is now possible to carry around a whole library at work, and now many journals are publishing via digital apps, making…
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Oxford Handbook of Clinical Urology App
Since its inception the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Urology has been a firm favourite amongst trainees and urologists for its excellent content. The book format is useful to a wide range professionals and provides and easy to read guide to dealing with a spectrum of urological problems. Over the last…
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BJUI App
Everyone has one…from my 7 year old nephew to the 74 year old lady I saw two weeks ago in the admissions lounge calmly awaiting her cystoscopy and biopsy. The iPad has become a ubiquitous accessory and is testimony to the huge popularity of mobile technology. Fortunately for the medical…
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Cloud-based presentation software
Microsoft’s Powerpoint and Apple’s Keynote have long dominated the presentation software market. Their colour schemes and animated bullet points have become second nature to us all. However, there is a new breed of presentation applications that are aiming to compete for a share of this market. This new breed of…
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Cloud computing for urologists
For anyone scared by the title you can be reassured that you are in all likelihood a seasoned cloud computing veteran. Most internet users have used web portals for e-mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail and I bet everyone has emailed themselves an attachment so that they have a…
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Online cancer prediction tools
The prediction of any future event is fascinating and yet fraught with difficulty. Clinicians have always struggled with being able to accurately predict outcomes for patients and to balance the risks of any intervention. Traditionally, doctors relied on clinical judgment to predict outcomes but this has been shown to be…
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Operative video websites
Traditionally, operations have been learnt through an apprenticeship method. Operative textbooks such as the classic Hinman’s Operative Atlas provide an excellent basis for urological practice and are a good adjunct to traditional teaching. However, increasingly textbooks cannot keep pace with operative advancements and surgeons have increasingly turned to the internet…