UMHS is now subscribed to JAMAevidence - the premier online resource for the teaching, learning, and application of evidence-based medicine, brought to you by McGraw-Hill
and the JAMA Network. Evidence-based learning is a necessity for the curriculum of medical students.
With JAMAevidence, you are provided an authoritative, comprehensive database of resources that will help you identify, appraise, and use the best available evidence to
assess health problems and the outcomes of health care.
Full Texts: Connect instantly to the most updated, fully-searchable versions of key JAMAevidence titles, including: Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature, The Rational Clinical Examination, JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods, and Care at the Close of Life.
Online Education Guides: Online Education Guide slide sets including teaching points to enhance classroom and conference learning.
Exclusive Content:
Exclusive online-only content including podcasts, a searchable
glossary, and more from the leading minds in evidence-based
medicine. All linked directly to reference articles on the JAMA Network journals.
Interactive Features: Powerful
interactive features including functional calculators and
customizable worksheets focusing on critical appraisal skills
and mastering the information cycle.
To (re)activate remote access you will need to first be logged into the UMHS platform for AccessMedicine, and then login with your personal MyAccess account login that was sent to you when you first enrolled at UMHS. (If
you are in an IP authenticated location you will automatically land on
the UMHS platform for these McGraw Hill Medical Sites using any of the
links from the LMS or the Library webpages for AccessMedicine.)
ENJOY this excellent and valuable new resource! Broaden your understanding, knowledge, and skills for practicing evidence based medicine - a must for the 21st century physician!
Labels: Anne Ross Library, JAMA, JAMAevidence, learning resource, library resources, online resources, UMHS
McGraw
Hill announced the latest feature on Harrison's
Online--the Harrison's
Visual Case Challenge.
This fun, educational feature allows
users to test their diagnostic skills in assessing conditions where a visual
element is key to the correct diagnosis, whether an EKG, a CT scan, a plain
film X-ray, a skin lesion, or a pathology slide. Many conditions in medicine
appear to be have similar features, so the ability to spot key differences in
visual clues is an essential part of clinical reasoning.
This new Visual Case Challenge
presents two conditions in each patient case; you can choose the correct diagnosis
just based on the visual clue, or request further patient data before making
the diagnosis. They have also included Clinical Pearls in each case for a
complete learning experience.
The Harrison's Visual Cases modules are
available under the Cases tab of AccessMedicine.
For further instructions on AccessMedicine,
how to login, reactivate, and navigate the database, or any of the resources
provided UMHS Students and Faculty, please check out the ‘Library Services’
section of the UMHS LMS (under 'Student Services').
Labels: Access Medicine, AccessMedicine, Anne Ross Library, Harrison's Online, Harrison's Visual Case Challenge, new online resource, online resources, UMHS
Library Event: "Library Resources ~ Maine & Beyond"
Attend this Library Event and learn how to access the online information resources that the Anne Ross Library provides for all UMHS students once they transition to the Portland, Maine campus and beyond.
Hear about:
Access Medicine
USMLE Easy
Medline Complete
DynaMed &
Omnio
fmCASES
Med5 Toolkit!
See you all there!Labels: Access Medicine, Anne Ross Library, fmCASES, library events, online resources, remote resouce access, USMLE Easy
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]
Labels: Access Medicine, Anne Ross Library, Clinical Access, McGraw Hill, medical education, online resources, UMHS student resources
Isabel Provides Diagnostic Medical Decision Support for UMHS Medical Students
The
Anne Ross Library at
UMHS is please to be trialing EBSCO's new clinical point-of-care diagnostic database called
Isabel.
"Isabel is a web-based, Diagnosis Checklist System designed to
assist clinicians that may have diagnostic doubt or want reassurance on a
particular diagnosis. Isabel provides a practical and dynamic diagnosis
checklist within the normal workflow either as a standalone tool or
fully integrated with the Electronic Medical Record (EMR). Isabel
enhances the diagnostic determination process by complimenting the
expertise of the clinician, minimizing risk at the most important
decision point in the care process."
The evidence shows that the most effective way for
clinicians to improve the quality and speed of diagnosis is for them to
work up a comprehensive hypothesis or list of likely diagnoses for their
patient. The Isabel clinical decision support tool enables them to do this at the point of care and operates
'hand in glove' with
DynaMed and
Medline Complete.
"Recent studies have proven that clinicians who 'Isabel' their
patients at an early stage are able to substantially reduce clinical
risk by ensuring that important possible diagnoses have not been missed." "In a recent study in the UK, physicians using Isabel found that in 29% of their cases they no longer needed to refer, 36% said they referred more appropriately, and their overall referral rate decreased by 15%."
Access via the Library Home Page with your EBSCO login.
Labels: Anne Ross Library, clinical decision making, diagnostic tools, EBSCO, interactive diagnostic tool, Isabel, medical diagnosis, online resources, point-of-care resource
To celebrate
National Library Week,
ProQuest® is extending free, open access to many of its popular resources, for the duration of this week ~
April 12 ~ 18, 2010!Note in particular:SIRS Issues Researcher ~
Medical Ethics and other social issues.
eLibrary ~
Health & Medical Science resources
eLibrary ~
Nursing resources
We also reccomend that you tour these other interesting databases while you have the opportunity ~
ProQuest® African American Heritage &
ProQuest Historical Newspapers™ !
Labels: journal databases, medical database, online resources, ProQuest
Need to get a handle on the various theories of nursing?This website is a very concise online resource linking you to all the key nursing theories as well as teaching resources and games to help you learn them. Unfortunately, some links are broken or will redirect you as site was built in 2003.
Click on the title to check out this great resource from the
Hahn School of Nursing & Health Sciences ~
University of San Diego.Labels: nursing education, nursing theories, nursing theory, online resources, teaching resources
