Welcome!
This guide has been developed to identify library and internet resources that support the learning objectives of the Physician Assistant Education Program (PAEP) at McMaster University. If you find a resource that you feel might be appropriate, please send an email to Susanna Galbraith, including the full URL of the resource and a brief description.
Getting Started
To get started, use the recommended and popular resources below to support your learning and research in the Physician Assistant Education Program. Most of the textbooks you'll find on this guide are available online and accessible through the library using your Mac ID.
General Review Textbooks
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology by Publication Date: 2020Health Sciences Library Reserve Room (Upper Level) ; QS 4 .T712p (print)
CURRENT Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2025 by Publication Date: 2024
Pathophysiology by Publication Date: 2018Health Sciences Library (Lower Level) ; QZ 4 .P3027 (print)
Pathophysiology Made Incredibly Easy! by Publication Date: 2024
eBook Collections
- AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window Collection of textbooks covering basic and clinical sciences. Contains the latest editions of selected medical titles. Includes image and audio files, drug database, differential diagnosis, laboratory tests, guidelines and patient handouts.
- Clinical Key This link opens in a new window Provides access to Elsevier's medical and surgical reference books, journals and videos; First Consult point-of-care clinical monographs; all medical and surgical clinics of North America; MEDLINE abstracts; Clinical pharmacology drug monographs; Vitals- surgical, point-of-care content; the ClinicalTrials.gov database; Practice Guidelines and Patient education.
Evidence-Based Resources
- 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.
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- 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.
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Clinical Practice Guidelines
- NICENational Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK)
- Overton This link opens in a new window Overton 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 window A metasearch engine for evidence-based medicine. Includes guidelines.
