Physician Assistant Program Library Orientation JOHN T. CURTIS LIBRARIAN ROOM 107 RITTER LIBRARY BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY 57 EAST BAGLEY ROAD BEREA, OHIO PERSONAL DESK (440) REFERENCE DESK (440)

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UpToDate (UTD) – Overview An evidence-based clinical decision support system Written by physicians to help clinicians make decisions at the point of care 5,100 physician-authors are continuously reviewing 460 journals 46 in-house physician-editors provide peer-review

UTD – Topics w/ Summary & Recommendations 10,000 Topic Reviews in 24 specialties. 367,000 evidence links from Medline.

UTD - Drug Interactions Database 5,400 drug entries (Lexi-Comp’s Lexi-Interact). Available from New Search or hyperlinks within Topic Reviews.

UTD - Graphics Search 25,000 graphics to support Topic Reviews. Can be exported to powerpoint, printed, or ed.

UTD - Patient Information 1,500 Patient Education Topics Print as handouts or send via .

UTD - What’s New & Practice Changing UpDates What is new in each specialty during the last 6 months. Highlights anything that may cause changes to clinical practice. PCU = Practice Changing Update

UTD - Medical Calculators 160 medical calculators.

UTD - Mobile The mobile app is only available to individual subscribers. It is not available to institutional subscribers like BW. You can access the mobile version of their website on your mobile device. URL for off-campus access:

Research Topic Asthma in Pregnancy

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AccessMedicine (AM) – Overview information necessary for: completing evaluations diagnoses case management decisions pursuing research medical education self-assessment board review

AM – Home

AM - Readings

AM – Quick Reference – Quick Dx & Rx

AM – Quick Reference – Guidelines

AM – Quick Reference – Algorithms

AM – Quick Reference – DDx (Diagnosaurus)

AM – Quick Reference – Diagnostic Tests

AM – Quick Reference – Calculators

AM – Drugs

AM – Multimedia – Videos by Category

AM – Multimedia – Videos by System

AM – Multimedia – Musculoskeletal Exams

AM – Multimedia – Patient Safety Modules

AM – Multimedia – Grand Rounds

AM – Multimedia - Images

AM – Cases – Case Files

AM – Cases – Biochemistry Cases

AM – Cases – Microbiology Cases

AM – Cases – Pathophysiology Cases

AM – Cases – Resident Readiness: Internal Medicine

AM – Cases – Hurst’s Imaging Cases

AM – Cases – Family Practice Board Review

AM – Self-Assessment – By Resource

AM – Self-Assessment – Showdown

AM – Custom Curriculum

AM – Patient Ed

AM – Free Personal Account

AM - Mobile There is no mobile app for Access Medicine. You can access the mobile version of their website on your mobile device. URL for off-campus access:

AM Live Demo from homepage

Medicine & Health Databases Access Medicine Alt HealthWatch Biological Abstracts (Web of Science) BIOSIS Citation Index (Web of Science) CINAHL Plus with Full Text Cochrane Library Consumer Health Complete Health Source: Consumer Edition Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Journal Citation Reports LearningExpress Library Lexi-PALS Drug Guide MedicLatina MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO) MEDLINE (Web of Science) Natural & Alternative Treatments UpToDate

Research topic The use of nutritional assessments in nursing

MEDLINE Live Demo Topic – Add MeSH = nutritional assessments 157,157 Click on “…More” read “You searched for…” Mesh Headings – more options values CTRL-F “nutrition” > NUTRITION ASSESSMENT Return to Search (Clear search) MeSh Heading (No Explode) Select from Thesaurus Find = nutrition assessment D = details > Annotation and Scope Note H = hierarchy MeSh Heading (No Explode)8,264 MeSH Qualifiers > more options / values CTRL-F nursing Select NURSING > Refine433 Languages > Select English > Refine 363 Publication Types > Journal Article > Refine359 Publication Years > More options / values / Alphabetical 2014, 2013, 2012 > Refine22 homepage

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