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The apps and references South African interns reach for on the ward. These are practitioner-cited, not endorsements.
Last updated Apps, pricing and links change, so confirm before relying on any tool.
Listed tools are for information only and don’t replace professional judgement, supervision, or your facility’s protocols. Always verify dosing and clinical guidance against a trusted, current source. See our methodology.
Point-of-care clinical guidance with South African medicines information, integrating the Essential Medicines List and Standard Treatment Guidelines.
The National Department of Health's official Essential Medicines List and Standard Treatment Guidelines, the reference for prescribing in the public sector.
The South African Medicines Formulary, maintained by UCT's Division of Clinical Pharmacology, with locally relevant drug information and dosing.
A South African referral app that connects frontline health workers to specialists across many disciplines, and widely used for advice and referrals.
A large library of clinical scores, calculators and decision tools used at the bedside.
Evidence-based clinical reference covering diagnosis and management across specialties; often available via institutional access.
Free drug reference, interaction checker, clinical news and CME.
Detailed drug information and interaction checking; often available via institutional access.
A South African patient-task app built by doctors. Keep a ward patient list, set and tick off tasks per patient, and share it securely across the team. Useful for interns and community-service doctors keeping track of a busy ward.
A general task-board app many teams use to run a ward list, with a card per patient or job that anyone on the team can update. A common alternative to a dedicated ward app.
A South African platform that gives doctors free, multilingual patient-education and counselling material to share with patients, including health booklets in several languages, goal tracking and medication reminders.
A note on prescribing. Interns are authorised prescribers under supervision, within scope, at their training site, and tightly controlled schedules aren’t for interns. Lean on the EML and Standard Treatment Guidelines and the SAMF, and treat AI tools as a starting point only, always verifying against a trusted source. See our legal rights guide for the prescribing rules.