McGraw Hill has launched a new Harrison’s audio series based on their Harrison's Self-Assessment and Board Review. The new audio series will be covering key issues that all
residents and clinicians in medicine need to understand, both for patient care
and for board exam preparation.
Each episode is a discussion
between two physicians
on
a case vignette. These downloadable episodes will cover key pearls of wisdom
in addition to correct and incorrect answer explanations. Ten episodes are available now with addition episodes to come each month. You can access these directly under the multimedia tab in AccessMedicine.
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McGraw Hill has added
Harrison's High Yield Pathophysiology Animations to the Access Medicine platform. Each episode covers a disease mechanism that is a 'need-to-know' for the USMLE and rotational exams. Each episode runs only 4-8 minutes and is written and narrated by Scott Stern MD from the University of Chicago. McGraw Hill will continue to post additional episodes every month for the next several months. Access these animations under the multimedia tab '
Harrison's Pathophys Animations'. If you need assistance with your login for Access Medicine please contact the Anne Ross Library.
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McGraw Hill has announced the addition of 14 new Healthcare Business Titles to the AccessMedicine platform. These titles will appeal to practicing
clinicians, healthcare administrators, residents, fellows, and medical students.
"The focus of these books ranges from
softer skills, such as communication and conflict resolution, to leadership and
management training, to quality improvement and patient safety projects with
Lean Six Sigma, to healthcare technology and privacy issues."
Please remember that
AccessMedicine also includes a series of ten Healthcare Systems Titles on the site, covering topics such as quality, safety, policy, and ethics.
UMHS Students: You where all sent your personal
logins to AccessMedicine at the beginning of your first semester at
UMHS. If you have any problem signing into this resource, please contact
the Library.
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UPDATE Monday October 27, 2014: UMHS is pleased to announce that it is now in the process of purchasing a subscription to AccessMedicine! This is great news for our Faculty and Students, both in Basic Sciences and Clinical Sciences! Watch for more announcements as UMHS rolls out its Custom Curriculum using this platform.
The Anne Ross Library is pleased to announce that for the next 2 months UMHS will be trialing the premier product from McGraw Hill Medical supporting medical education,
Access Medicine, along with the new companion product
Clinical Access.
What is AccessMedicine? AccessMedicine is a comprehensive online medical resource that provides medical students and residents with a complete spectrum of knowledge needed to excel in basic science studies and clinical clerkships. Instant access to videos, self-assessment, and leading medical textbooks facilitates decision-making at the point-of-care; enables faculty to create, track, and report their students’ progress through a curriculum tool; and allows physicians to brush up on their medical knowledge.
Medical Reference Texts: More than 85 medical reference texts such as
Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine and
CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment are available in their latest editions. Find the full list of texts on AccessMedicine at:
accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/textbooks
Extensive multimedia library: A unique collection of more than 250 examination and procedural videos, patient safety modules, audio files, and animations that feature complicated concepts presented in terms students can understand. For a complete listing of videos and animations go to:
accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/multimedia
Differential Diagnosis Tool: Connect to more than 1,000 diagnoses through
Diagnosaurus®, a tool that saves you time by allowing you to browse by symptom, disease, or organ system at the point of care.
Other Quick Reference Tools:
- Practice Guidelines are annually updated guidelines from Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care that assist in disease screening, prevention, and management by providing succinct digest versions of longer original guidelines.
- Diagnostic Tests, from Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, is a quick reference guide to the selection and interpretation of commonly used diagnostic tests, including laboratory procedures in the clinical setting.
- Quick Medical Dx & Rx is a collection of concise evidence-based outlines of conditions and disorders most often encountered in medical practice – perfect for high-yield review or for quick reference in the clinical setting.
Self-Assessment: Extensive Q&A to assist students and residents in exam preparation.
Patient Education: Comprehensive, reliable healthcare information for adults, pediatrics, medicines, and acute settings available in multiple languages and for over 7000 topics
Integrated Drug Database: Look up dosing, indications, and adverse reactions quickly from more than 1,000 generic and brand-name drugs, with customizable, printable patient handouts presented in English and Spanish.
Images: Tens of thousands of photos and illustrations to aid in visual diagnosis are available to save and download for educational purposes.
Clerkship Corner: An invaluable resource that presents clerks with the complete scope of information they need to be familiar with to successfully become residents. Clerkship Corner provides a suggested reading list for students to master required topics. Content is organized by core topics in internal medicine.
Cases: A selection of cases from across the popular Case Files series and Pathophysiology of Disease helps medical students better understand and evaluate real world experiences by offering questions to frame the case and the approach to the patient.
Custom Curriculum: This powerful online tool helps ease the workflow for program directors by customizing and managing resident training from one convenient site.To access this portion of the site you will need to create a personal login to a
MyAccess account.
Watch a short video explaining how to do this.
Watch your email for information on how to login and begin to enjoy this excellent resource!
[This information has been gleaned from the Access Medicine website]
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UMHS is currently holding a trial for our faculty and students of McGraw Hill Medical's new
ClinicalAccess database, until October 30, 2014. Contact the Library for login details and take 10 to check our this excellent product before it is too late! Leave your comments here on the Library Blog and let us know what you think of this new clinical resource.
"ClinicalAccess is a clinical decision support tool that
provides healthcare professionals with specific answers to more than
120,000 physician-answered questions - enabling busy clinicians to
deliver superior care with maximum speed and efficiency."
"Powered by leading online clinical resources - AccessMedicine, Access Emergency Medicine, AccessPediatrics, and AccessSurgery - ClinicalAccess
delivers trusted information, essential to effective patient care,
based on hand-selected answers drawn from landmark references such as Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, and other essential texts."
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