iPhone makes doctors look more professional?
According to recently released survey results, around 39% of doctors think that using an iPhone while diagnosing their patients will make them seem more competent in their patients’ eyes.
Around 39% of the Epocrates medical program for iPhone users said that they’ve received “admiration for using the “latest cool technology””
From iPhone World
Do you have an iPhone and does it make you look more professional or is this just advertising for epocrates available in the AppStore? Let me know in the comments.
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September 17, 2008 @ 2:55 am
I think it just makes us patients envious if we don’t have one.
September 17, 2008 @ 5:10 pm
Well text messaging is difficult on the iphone, network coverage in the Netherlands is varying, it needs almost daily recharging.
But is has bling bling;)
September 21, 2008 @ 5:10 am
If I saw my doctor using a cell phone while diagnosing me then I’d either be incredibly annoyed that he wasn’t paying attention to me or somewhat worried that he doesn’t know what he’s doing. Of course, I’d be a hypocrite because as a med student I know we can’t remember all the minutiae all the time but could you at least be nice enough to consult Epocrates outside? That way you seem all-knowing and I get to preserve my delusion.