Medical students given iphones

I’m pretty sure Leeds medical school hates us.

Why else would they start handing out iphones to medical students? I understand that they are trying to give us the best possible education by making key resources readily available to us and having all the tools and information we need at our fingertips. Furthermore it is a first for the University and allows them to gain publicity. But personally I feel that the money spent on iphones would be best spent elsewhere – somewhere where it is really needed. Past medical students have done just as well carrying pocket sized handbooks summarising most of the information we need. Any information that is not found those in those handy guides can be located online via the various computers that located in each nurses/ ward station, the doctor’s mess and even in GP surgeries. FY1’s can be easily be contacted via their bleeps and most of the students tend to have their own mobile phones with them anyway.

So to conclude, personally I believe that handing out iphones is a little unnecessary and also it does seem a tad extravagant in these difficult times of recession where precious funds and resources need to be well utilised. This is in addition to the negative press we would get from critics saying how the education system is wasteful, going soft and so forth. Does anyone think I am being overly critical? Please bear in mind that I am also a student in the school of medicine at the University of Leeds… and I am eligible to receive an iphone as well.