Online Resources for Medical Teaching

Fall Together 2013Wes Jackson CCFP, FCFP

Assistant Professor, DFM

Your Objectives

Session Objectives

• Introduction to U of C Health Sciences Library• Review of point of care tools in the library– UpToDate– Dynamed– Clinical Key– Visual Dx– PubMed Clinical Queries

• Review other resources (time permitting)

Setting Up

• ID Cardshttp://www.ucalgary.ca/unicard/

• IT Username and passwordhttps://www.ucalgary.ca/itutil?process=WebRegister

• Setting HSL library homepage as an icon on your phone/tablet

• Setting up your passwords to “on”

Off-Site Authentication

http://library.ucalgary.ca/hsl

Point-of-Care Tools Pre-filtered, pre-validated, pre-appraised answers to common clinical questions

ClinicalKey

What’s the diagnosis?With over 25,000 images covering 1,200 pediatric & adult

conditions, VisualDx is a clinical decision support system to

enhance diagnostic accuracy, aid therapeutic decisions, and improve patient safety.

VisualDx

Other Resources

http://www.cma.ca/clinicalresources/k4p

http://tripdatabase.com

Turning Research Into Practice

Canadian Medical Association

Tales from the Clinic

Point-of-Care Tools Pre-filtered, pre-validated, pre-appraised answers to common clinical questions

Tales from the Clinic - debrief

Questions

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