Welcome to the Mobile U Portal—Learning on the Go for All Your Hospital’s Clinicians

In support of Nurses’ Week, we are proud to introduce this great new resource for all caregivers (nurses, physicians, medical students) in your institution.

The Mobile U Learning Portal is a mobile performance support tool for clinicians to download great content to their mobile devices such as iPod, iPhone or iPad. Content includes:

1) Nursing skills videos-1000+ short just-in-time videos for most specialties
2) Leadership development-800+ Audio modules categorized by competency-and even if you do not have a mobile device, you can still see or hear all these video or audio modules directly from your computer.
3) Medical podcasts-no more having to hunt down the best clinical podcasts-50 of the best that you can subscribe to
4) The best medical apps-more than 70-all in one place, peer reviewed, more added all the time-many are free. All are easily categorized for you in one place. We have done all the hard work for you so you do not have to blindly navigate the thousands of medical apps that are in the App Store.

How to use the Mobile U Portal

Q: Where to access all this great content
A:  Decide which content you are interested in and click the link (on the sides of this page)

Q:  It asks me for a password, what is it?
A:  Ask your hospital’s project coordinator for the password. On the left hand side of this page are your content “playlists” (e,g, critical care, L & D, etc…)-If you want to access any of these, or any other content categories, just click on a playlist and anytime it asks for a password, just type it in.

Q: What if my healthcare system is not a member?

A: If your hospital is not a member of our collaborative, forward this url to a hospital administrator and have them contact us. Joining is easy, includes ALL healthcare personnel, and is subsidized by a federal government grant.

Q:  If I don’t have an iPod, can I still play all of these videos and audio modules on my computer?
A:  Yes.  If you want to play the videos or audio on your computer, just click the playlists under the “Online Multimedia” section and select, a playlist-type in the password and select any of the dozens of vides and they will play right on your PC.

Q:  How can I get all these videos/audio onto my iPod?
A:  To save any of these videos or audio modules to a mobile device, such as an iPod (or any other device that supports mp4 video or mp3 audio) “Right Click” on the module and then select “Save Target As…” and this will save this video to your computer. If you are using a content management program, like iTunes, select “File” then “Add File to Library” and select the module.  It will now be in your iTunes and next time you sync up your iPod, it will be on your device.  You can of course then make your own content playlists with this content, the same way you make playlists for music.

Q:  How do I get these apps onto my device?
A:  Currently the Mobile U portal supports apps from the Apple App Store.  If you have a device that supports apps (eg. iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad) just click on the link of any app of these clinical apps you may be interested in, and you will be taken directly to the App store where you will be able get the app.  Many of the apps from our portal are free, and some may cost a minimal amount. We make every effort to review these apps and try to only recommend those that are the best value.  To download any of these apps you must first set up an account in the App Store.  If you are accessing this portal through your computer, the app will be added to your iTunes and then will be added to your device next time you sync.

Q: Can I download these apps directly to my iPod touch, iPhone or iPad directly.
A:  Yes. Just touch the link from this site and you will be able to get the app onto your device.

Q;  How do I access all of these podcasts?
A:  The exact same way. Just click or touch a podcast you like and you will be able to download any of these podcasts to you computer and listen to them there, or you can download them to your mobile device. All of these podcasts are free and you can subscribe to any you like and when a new podcast is available, it will automatically downloaded to your PC. Currently you need the free iTunes content management software to access these. If you already have any Apple mobile device, you already have iTunes loaded on the computer that supports the device.

Q: Can I download these podcasts directly to my iPod touch, iPhone or iPad directly.
A:  Yes. Just touch the link from this site and you will be able to get the podcast onto your device.

Q: Who do I contact if I need support?

A: email support@hospitalu.net we will get back to you promptly, or call our support at 1-888-534-1212 and we will help.

Q: If I have a Blackberry or other mobile device, can I download them from the portal?

A: Currently the only mobile devices we are supporting for transfer from our portal are Apple devices. These are designed to work with iTunes. However, we do realize there are several free utilities that will let you convert/transfer different media formats to use on different devices. As an FYI, all clinical videos are .mp4 files, all clinical leadership audios .mp3 files, and most podcasts are .mp3 files. The Apps linked from this portal are designed to work exclusively for Apple devices.