Physician Assistant Program

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Databases for the PA Program

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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 emailed.

UTD - Patient Information

1,500 Patient Education TopicsPrint as handouts or send via email.

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 websiteon your mobile device.

URL for off-campus access:http://bw.opal-libraries.org/login?url=http://www.uptodate.com/online

Research Topic

Asthma in Pregnancy

Library homepage

http://www.bw.edu/library

http://www.bw.edu/library/mobile

Subject Guides

http://libguides.bw.edu/

UTD Live Demo

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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 websiteon your mobile device.

URL for off-campus access:http://bw.opal-libraries.org/login?url=http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com

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Medicine & Health Databases

Access MedicineAlt HealthWatchBiological Abstracts (Web of Science)BIOSIS Citation Index (Web of Science)CINAHL Plus with Full TextCochrane LibraryConsumer Health CompleteHealth Source: Consumer EditionHealth Source: Nursing/Academic EditionJournal Citation ReportsLearningExpress LibraryLexi-PALS Drug GuideMedicLatinaMEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO)MEDLINE (Web of Science)Natural & Alternative TreatmentsUpToDate

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 valuesCTRL-F “nutrition” > NUTRITION ASSESSMENT

Return to Search (Clear search)MeSh Heading (No Explode) Select from ThesaurusFind = nutrition assessmentD = details > Annotation and Scope Note H = hierarchy

MeSh Heading (No Explode) 8,264MeSH Qualifiers > more options / valuesCTRL-F nursingSelect NURSING > Refine 433

Languages > Select English > Refine 363Publication Types > Journal Article > Refine 359Publication Years > More options / values / Alphabetical

2014, 2013, 2012 > Refine 22 homepage

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