Full text version: Users can navigate eight layers of brain anatomy, view cross sections and nerve pathways, insert notes, and peruse clinical findings. Elizabeth Armstrong Moore by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore March 26, 2012 1:09 PM PDT Of all the subjects best taught in 3D, anatomy has got to be up there. And when it comes to human anatomy, the brain is arguably the most complex organ, if not system, of them all. So it’s fitting that 3-year-old medical education app publisher eMedia out of Ireland is adding the Pocket Brain app to its suite of 3D Pocket Anatomy offerings. (First

Benefits: With Pocket Brain, we’ve made an exciting App that transforms teaching, learning and communication of the human brain. Pocket Brain assists the medical, nursing or health care professionals communicate with their patients, as well as learn and share clinically relevant neuroanatomy with colleagues. For neuroanatomy students, Pocket Brain will help you prepare for and be successful in your neuroanatomy examinations. It makes advanced human anatomy content available on demand, while serving as a supplement to the lectures, classes and complementary texts used by the medical and health care students. The app will act as a continuing anatomy resource throughout

The iPad has become an integral instrument in the cadaver laboratories at the University of California, Irvine. Images of body structures and radiographic films can be easily explored and manipulated on-screen

“…there are quite a few apps that effectively marry anatomy content and the iPad technology such as the Pocket Body HD app.” We are delighted to read about University of California Irvine’s account of their iPads in use their cadaver laboratories. The following text is an excerpt from a June 6th posting on the MacHealthCare Website, in which the UC Irvine team give an in-depth account of their innovative approach in the teaching of anatomy. The Logistics of iPads in the Anatomy Lab On August 6, 2010, the medical students in the incoming class at the University of California, Irvine,

Pocket Anatomy wins a European MEDEA (Media in Education) Award Pocket Anatomy, a Galway-based medical education software visualisation company has been awarded one of the five annual awards for Media in Education at this year’s European MEDEA 2010 Media in Education awards in Brussels (Nov 26th 2010). The aim of the MEDEA Awards is to encourage innovation and good practice in the use of media (audio, video, graphics and animation) in education. The awards also recognise and promote excellence in the production and pedagogical design of media-rich learning resources. The company’s Pocket Heart and Pocket Body mobile medical education products

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Many thanks to the judges and organisors of this year’s Appy’s Awards, and congratulations to all of the other developer teams, whose apps featured at the event. To celebrate this news, we have added a full version of Pocket Heart to our website for you to try for free! Simply click on this graphic above or access the online demo of Pocket Heart link. Over 200 people attended the inaugural awards show at the Gibson Hotel, Point Village, Dublin 1. Des Doris, founder/organiser of the Appys said each app entered was judged on seven different attributes including design, relevance to

The Brussels-based MEDEA Secretariat announced the 9 finalists for the annual MEDEA awards on 4th October. Amongst the nine shortlisted companies is Galway-based medical education company eMedia Interactive’s Pocket Anatomy ppoject

Great news! Pocket Anatomy’s app, Pocket Body gets Character Approved by The Character Approved Blog! …What is Character Approved? The Character Approved blog celebrates the people, places and things that are making a mark by positively influencing our cultural landscape. They’re Character Approved – recipients of USA Network’s seal of approval. Join us daily as thought leaders in Art, Food, Music, Technology, Fashion and more discuss the ideas and trends impacting the cultural landscape around us. Source: The Character Approved Blog

On the 27th, January 2010 Steve Jobs announced the iPad to the world. On April 3, the early adopters queued to be amongst the first to acquire this new tablet computer with its bright 9.7 inch high resolution screen designed for internet browsing and media consumption. A debate began almost immediately in the medical community on release of the iPad, with commentators noting the potential of the device to revolutionize the learning sector and especially medical education. The iPadʼs larger screen size, light weight, a 10 hour battery life, and its price are just some of the features making it