What's wrong with this picture? - X (Med school, Old school)

This lab coat, belonging to a senior medical student, was hanging in the lounge last week. The pockets were stuffed to bursting. In addition to 6 (!!!) reference books (Surgery on call, Internal Medicine on call, etc.), there was a set of critical care flashcards. Geez, buddy, are you part pack mule?

How about trading your collapsed vertebrae in for a PDA? Get some electronic references installed and whip it out when you see your next patient with Dengue fever.

Better yet, convince the College of Medicine to provide access to a standard set of digital reference books (reviewed and approved by faculty) to all medical students. You could use them through any internet connection (ideally wireless via PDA) and they would be updated more regularly than print references.