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Physician Assistant Program Library Orientation. John T. Curtis Librarian Room 107 Ritter Library Baldwin Wallace UNIVERSITY 57 East Bagley Road Berea, Ohio 44017-2027 personal desk (440) 826-3571 reference desk (440) 826-2206 jcurtis@bw.edu. Databases for the PA Program. from. from.
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Physician Assistant Program Library Orientation John T. CurtisLibrarian Room 107 Ritter Library Baldwin Wallace UNIVERSITY 57 East Bagley Road Berea, Ohio 44017-2027 personal desk (440) 826-3571 reference desk (440) 826-2206 jcurtis@bw.edu
Databases for the PA Program from from
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 21 specialties. 367,000 evidence links from Medline.
UTD - Drug Interactions Database 5,100 drug entries (Lexi-Comp’s Lexi-Interact). Available from menu bar 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 Topics Print 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.
UTD - Medical Calculators 135 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: http://bw.opal-libraries.org/login?url= http://www.uptodate.com/online
Research Topic Asthma in Pregnancy
Library homepage http://www.bw.edu/library/mobile http://www.bw.edu/library
Subject Guides http://libguides.bw.edu/
UTD Live Demo from homepage
AccessMedicine (AM) – Overview • information necessary for: • completing evaluations • diagnoses • case management decisions • pursuing research • medical education • self-assessment • board review
AM – Self-Assessment – Clinical Library USMLE United States Medical Licensing Examination PANCE Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam PANRE Physician Assistant National Recertifying Exam
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: http://bw.opal-libraries.org/login?url= http://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com
AM Live Demo from homepage
Medicine & Health Databases Access Medicine Alt HealthWatch Biological Abstracts (Web of Knowledge) BIOSIS Citation Index (Web of Knowledge) CINAHL Plus with Full Text Consumer Health Complete Health Source: Consumer Edition Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Lexi-PALS Drug Guide (AHFS Consumer Medication Information) MedicLatina MEDLINE with Full Text (EBSCO) Natural & Alternative Treatments UpToDate Academic Search Complete All Databases A-Z
Research topic The use of antiplatelets with patients that have a history of intracranial hemorrhage
MEDLINE Live Demo Select a Field = antiplatelets 583 Subject: Major Heading > platelet aggregation inhibitors MM = platelet aggregation inhibitors 16,215 Select a Field = intracranial hemorrhage 6,915 Subject: Major Heading > intracranial hemorrhageS, cerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage MM = intracranial hemorrhageSOR cerebral hemorrhage OR subarachnoid hemorrhage 29,931 using history to combine SET 2 and SET 4… MM = platelet aggregation inhibitors AND MM = intracranial hemorrhageSOR cerebral hemorrhage OR subarachnoid hemorrhage 162 a. narrowing using the MH field… … AND MH = Cohort Studies 14 b. using Show More… Publication Type = Randomized Control Trial 9 homepage