Friday, October 31, 2008

Link to Chen's web column/Article on Medical Students

Below is a link to Pauline Chen's weekly web only column. The article talks about the stress of being a medical student.


http://health.nytimes.com/pages/health/index.html

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Titles Added to Collection

We have added a number of titles to our collection recently. Here are two new titles:

The Soul of a Doctor: Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death, edited by Susan Pories
which contains interesting stories from medical students, residents and doctors.
Human Anatomy: Color Atlas and Textbook by Gosling

The first book can be found in the racks of popular medical non-fiction and can be borrowed for an extended time period. The anatomy atlas will be located on the Anatomy section shelves.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

How To Download a File to Mac and Speed Voice the Audio

If you want to listen to lectures faster (or slower) here are the instructions:
Open http://rwjms.umdnj.edu/iTunes
Login to RWJMS iTunesU- private
Use your CORE account
Locate file (use tabs to choose course)
Click "Get File" (file downloads to iTunesU) If you know the location of the file you can proceed with next step; if not, search for file and move it to a location on your computer that you can easily find (such as your desktop)
Open Quicktime Player
Click Open file and choose the file you just downloaded
Click Ctrl + k
Adjust the playback speed with slider at the bottom of window.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

How to Speed Voice on Audio Lectures

Many of you have asked how to speed up the voice on audio lectures. Here is how to do it:

To speed up Quicktime lecture files, the file must be saved. Then play the file with the Quicktime player. Open Window that shows AV Controls. At bottom of window list is "Playback speed". This enables you to speed up a lecture.

**This information was provided by second year student Thomas Cudjoe. Thanks Thomas!!!