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Keeping bang up to date with every procedure you could be called upon to perform is not easy, however thanks to a new app from Elsevier you can now read about procedures and see videos from surgery to ensure you are suitably reminded before you go into the operating theatre.

Called the Procedures Consult Mobile – which isn’t the most user friendly name we have ever heard, the app can be downloaded in iPhone and Android form.  This app will be an excellent tool for students and experienced health care professionals alike, and features fantastically clear diagrams and images which explain each of the 300 procedures offered by the app.  The beauty of course is the fact that this is on your phone which means you can access it wherever you happen to be, even if you do not have time to get to a computer to access information over the internet.

Procedures are grouped into categories for ease of searching, and these are sold as modular downloads, costing about $40 each, so not the cheapest but certainly money well spent. The full product comes it at $280 as there are 7 modules. As a bonus there is a specific category and module for the medical student which will be a real boon for those training.  It could be the perfect tool for the teaching hospital, will definitely be on the wish lists of the impoverished students and, we imagine, popular with experienced surgeons alike.