#SAEM16: Tech Tools for Med Ed

At SAEM 2016 in New Orleans, Brown EM presented a session on this year's top ten apps and electronic resources for medical educators. Here's a quick tour of which tools we think are among the most useful, divided by task type.

Click through below to check them out yourself, and then let us know what you think, or about any of your favorites we may have left out, in the comment section below.

Asana      
asana.com                Free & premium versions        Web-based, iOS, Android
Project and teamwork management platform

Slack        
slack.com                Free & premium versions        Mac, Windows, iOS, Android
Team communication tool

Trello        
trello.com                Free & premium versions        Web-based, iOS, Android
Project and teamwork management platform

Basecamp    
basecamp.com                $29/month per organization        Mac, Windows, iOS, Android
Project and teamwork management platform
        
 

Active Inbox    

www.activeinboxhq.com        from $3.30/month            For use with Gmail only
Inbox manager                (2 week free trial available)

Unroll.Me    

unroll.me                Free                    iOS only
Email subscription manager        

SaneBox    
sanebox.com                From $7/month                Serves multiple email clients
Inbox manager
 

Mendeley    
www.mendeley.com            Free & premium versions        Mac, Windows, iOS, Android
Reference manager

Dropbox    
www.dropbox.com            Free & premium versions        Mac, Windows, iOS, Android
File-sharing platform

Evernote    
evernote.com                Free & premium versions        Mac, Windows, iOS, Android
Personal management system

Academic Life in EM    
aliem.com/pv-cards            Free                    iOS, Android (via AgileMD app)
Paucis Verbis reference cards                        Compatible with Evernote, Dropbox

MDCalc            
mdcalc.com                Free                    Web-based, iOS
Clinical calculations, equations, decision tools
 

Figure1            
figure1.com                Free                    iOS, Android
Clinical image sharing

ReelDx            
reeldx.com                See pricing on website            Mac, Windows, iOS, Android
Video management platform for clinical education and other applications
 

iThoughts    
toketaware.com/ithoughts-ios        $11.99                    Mac and iOS only
Mind mapping app

Lucidchart        
www.lucidchart.com            Free & premium versions        Web-based, iOS, other integrations
Flow chart creator and mind mapping

Poll Everywhere
www.polleverywhere.com        Free & premium versions        Web-based, Windows, Mac
Audience response system

Doceri
doceri.com                Free (iPad), $30 (desktop)        iPad, Windows, desktop versions
Interactive whiteboard

Prezi
prezi.com                Free & premium versions        Mac, Windows, iOS, Android
Presentation tool

Feedly
Feedly.com                Free                    iOS, Android
RSS and blog reader    

Read by QxMD
www.qxmd.com            Free                    iOS, Android
Medical journal browsing
 

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Do you have a favorite tool we haven't mentioned? Tell us about your favorites in the Comment section.

Image credits to Sarah Michael, DO, MS