We all struggle to keep abreast of the clinical literature, and many resources have been developed for personal digital assistants (PDAs) to provide evidence at the point of care. ebm2go is a resource developed for use on Palms and Pocket PCs to help clinicians meet this challenge. Although its target audience is not explicitly stated on the website, it appears to be aimed at family physicians and general internists. I downloaded this free software to a Pocket PC and explored its usefulness when attending on a general medicine clinical teaching unit.

ebm2go is divided into 4 sections: formulary, guidelines, evidence, and tools. The formulary section contains some Canadian provincial drug benefit formularies including those from Ontario. The information is limited to drugs contained …