Subject and Course Guides: Foundations of Clinical Medicine-1: Online Resources

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These electronic reference materials and textbooks are valuable sources for up to date, factual information.

AccessMedicine
Access Medicine features core textbooks, with additional news and resources. Useful texts include Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Current Medical Diagnoses and Treatment, and selected Lange Texts.

AccessMedicine, an online resource, provides searchable full text of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Hurst's the Heart, The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease, selected Lange texts, Current Medical Diagnoses and Treatment, Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2002, Clinical Pharmacology and Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests. The texts are frequently updated. The AccessMedicine suite also has an "In the News" section and a "Resource Center" for selected topics.

Evidence Based Medicine

Evidence based medicine works to integrate and synthesize the latest research (evidence) with clinical experience and patient values to aid in clinical decision making. Evidence based medicine relies on critical analysis, scholarly literature as well as clinical practice to inform practitioners to make the best clinical decisions.

The following resources offer synthesized and evaluated evidence about healthcare topics, frequently referred to as secondary literature. They are designed to assist the physician when making point-of-care decisions.

More information about Evidence based medicine can be found in UIC Library of the Health Sciences Guide to Evidence Based Medicine

DynaMed
DynaMed is an evidence-based information resource used by physicians around the world to answer clinical questions quickly and easily. DynaMed includes thousands of topics covering emergency medicine, cardiology, oncology, infectious diseases, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology and much more.

Note: if you get an error message, close the browser and try accessing the site again.
UpToDate
UpToDate is an online, peer-reviewed clinical decision support tool with topic reviews covering symptoms, tests and diagnosis, and treatment options for over 8,500 conditions.

Note: UpToDate will extend the reverification of individual account to 180 days effective 3/25/2020.

Note: In order to maintain uninterrupted on campus or remote/mobile access to UpToDate, you must verify your continued affiliation with UIC by logging in to your UpToDate account on campus or via remote VPN once every 90 days.
ClinicalKey
ClinicalKey is a peer reviewed, evidence based point-of-care clinical information service for physicians and healthcare professionals. It provides a unique combination of electronic books, medical journals, First Consult, Procedures Consult, practice guidelines, clinical trials, MEDLINE, and abstracts from PubMed.

Note: ClinicalKey policy states that no more than 50% of book content (or 1/2 total chapters) may be downloaded and stored in a 24-hour period or the user will be locked out and administrator notified

It is updated daily. Searches can be filtered by content type, by specialty, by time and relevance.
Cochrane Library
Independent medical evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions.

The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain independent evidence on which to base clinical treatment decisions.
* Cochrane Reviews, aka Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR)
* Other Reviews, aka Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
* Clinical Trials; aka Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL)
* Methods Studies, aka Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR)
* Technology Assessments, aka Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA)
* Economic Evaluations, aka National Health Service (NHS) Economic Evaluation Database (NHSEED)
* Cochrane Groups, aka About the Cochrane Collaboration
Essential Evidence Plus
Current answers to clinical medicine questions at the point of care. Can be downloaded to a hand-held device.

Note: to have your email address added to the daily POEMs mailing list, contact your librarian.

Essential Evidence Plus allows physicians to help keep current and answer clinical medicine questions at the point of care with the right information. A PDA version is available which includes Five Minute Clinical Consult. Podcasts of weekly InfoPOEMs are also available.

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Foundations of Clinical Medicine-1

Welcome to FCM-1

Electronic Book Collections

Evidence Based Medicine

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