11th June 2009, 03:54 pm
Each of these devices will work with CERTTS for the most part, but there is an issue with the signature box used to get experience signed off. You actually have to sign the box above where the box appears to get the signature to work.
The best thing to do if you want to use one of these devices is to test this for yourself so you will see how it works. Sign a couple of encounters for yourself, and look at the results in Angel. You can delete them once you are done testing from the “view all of my encounters” link in the clerkship reports. It’s not hard to work around, but unfortunately you will have to let the person who is signing know about the quirk each time you get an encounter signed.
10th June 2009, 03:20 pm
I am working with Joseph Salfity, an MS 3, to keep informed about the prospect of using the Palm Pre with CERTTS. We were able to test this today for the first time. The short answer is no, it doesn’t work with CERTTS - at least for now. The problem seems to be that the emulator (Classic from MotionApps) does not recognize the network that the Pre is connected to. This means that the clerkship forms cannot be downloaded, and if they were downloaded there would be no way to sync them with Angel. The “Forms” program used for recording skills actually runs, but it is useless with no way to connect to the server to get the actual clerkship forms.
Since the Palm Pre is a new device, and the “Classic” program is in version 1.0, it’s very likely that this problem will be solved in the future. Thanks to Mr. Salfity, I’ll be testing this with each new release or update of the Classic emulator.
For those that want to purchase a Palm Pre, I am suggesting that they get a cheap or used PDA that will support the clerkship forms to get them through the time period where CERTTS does not work with the Pre. Please note, the possibility exists that the Pre might never work correctly with CERTTS but I remain optimistic and will keep checking.
Update 6/17/2009 - I contacted Pendragon Forms today and received note that they have updated their S-Link program to work under Classic on the Palm Pre. S-link is the portion of the Forms 5.1 program that connects to the server. A small but significant problem in Classic is keeping Pendragon Software from releasing the update. Apparently, the Classic application does not save state when it is closed (when the Classic card is whisked away) and also does not allow Pendragon Forms to close. Because of this, the Forms database loses any updates. In a nutshell, when you close Classic you lose the data that has been entered on the Forms.
Pendragon Forms is in contact with MotionApps on this issue. I am fairly optimistic now that this will be fixed with an update to the Classic app and that CERTTS will work soon on the Pre.