Librarian
Guides to Clerkship
First aid for the psychiatry clerkshipISBN: 9781264257850
Diagnosis
Normal Values can be found in Evidence Summaries (e.g. BMJ Best Practice, Dynamed, UpToDate) and in quick look-up resources, like Merck.
Decision Support Tools
- GIDEON This link opens in a new window
GIDEON (Global Infectious Disease and Epidemiology Network) contains a useful Diagnose section.
- Differential Diagnosis books at McMaster, 2022-A catalogue search of differential diagnosis ebooks.
Point of Care Resources
- Best Practice This link opens in a new window
A decision-support tool at the point of care. Latest research evidence, guidelines, and expert opinion are combined and presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Incorporates BMJ Clinical Evidence. - DynaMed This link opens in a new window
Evidence-based reference tool of diseases, disorders, and symptoms including etiology, history and research findings, diagnosis, prognosis , treatment and prevention and drug information. - OrthoEvidence This link opens in a new window
For orthopaedics. Contains evidence-based summaries, pre-appraised by orthopaedic medical experts, and includes Advanced Clinical Evidence (ACE) reports, blogs, podcasts.
Clinical Guidelines
- Best Practice This link opens in a new window A decision-support tool at the point of care. Latest research evidence, guidelines, and expert opinion are combined and presented in a step-by-step approach, covering prevention, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis. Incorporates BMJ Clinical Evidence.
- DynaMed This link opens in a new window Evidence-based reference tool of diseases, disorders, and symptoms including etiology, history and research findings, diagnosis, prognosis , treatment and prevention and drug information.
- Overton This link opens in a new windowOverton is the world’s largest searchable index of policy documents, guidelines, think tank publications and working papers. It collects data from 188 countries and over a thousand sources worldwide and is continually updating. The company parses each document, finding references, people and key concepts, and then links them to the relevant news stories, academic research, think tank output and other policy, allowing authors to search these documents and see where their ideas, papers, reports and staff are being cited or mentioned. Overton can help authors discover where their work may be influencing or changing practice in the real world.
- Trip This link opens in a new windowA metasearch engine for evidence-based medicine. Includes guidelines.
Metasearch Engines
- Trip This link opens in a new window A metasearch engine for evidence-based medicine. Includes guidelines.
- Accessss (formerly MacPLUS)Searches Best Practice, DynaMed, UpToDate, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Cochrane Systematic Reviews, PLUS Studies and Synopses, PubMed Clinical Queries.
Mobile Apps
Online Community
- NEJM Resident360NEJM Resident 360 helps you prepare for your next rotation quickly and efficiently, provides support for coping with the pressures of resident life, and equips you to take the next major step in your career.
Specialties
- LEAP Fundamentals This link opens in a new window15 self-serve instructional modules for palliative care in Canada. Users may create an individual account in Pallium Central to track their progress.
- Neurosurgical Atlas This link opens in a new window A comprehensive collection of advanced neurosurgical techniques including text, surgical videos, lecture webinars, and neuroanatomical images. The focus is on practical applied pieces of advice for everyday surgical operations. The Neurosurgical Atlas has proven to be the ultimate source of technical information among learners and professionals involved in the care of neurosurgical and neurological patients.
- Psychiatry Online This link opens in a new windowPlatform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, the DSM, textbooks, and APA Practice Guidelines.
- Psychotherapy Net Videos This link opens in a new windowA resource for teaching and training in psychotherapy practice and for education about psychology. Chrome is recommended.
- Thieme MedOne Neurosurgery This link opens in a new windowAll-in-one access to premier neurosurgical content: hundreds of e-books, cases, and procedures plus thousands of images and videos are at your fingertips.
- Thieme MedOne Plastic Surgery This link opens in a new windowA collection of plastic and reconstructive surgical content including ebooks, surgical procedures, training videos, and a Residency Board Q&A bank.
