Basic resources for PBL cases
Differential Diagnosis
Laboratory Test References
Medical Dictionaries
Medical Textbooks
Frequently Updated Review Resources
Pharmacy/Pharmacology Resources
Practice Guidelines
Screening and Prevention Resources
Morbidity and Mortality Resources
Transitioning to Medical School
Differential Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis in primary care
Textbook Collection (6th floor): WB 141.5 C712d 2008
FirstConsult (also contains medical condition and procedure files)
Available online
McGraw-Hill’s Diagnosaurus 2.0 on AccessMedicine
Available Online
Problem-oriented medical diagnosis
Textbook Collection (6th floor): WB 141 P962 2001
Laboratory Test References
Delmar's Guide to Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests
Available online through STAT!Ref
Interpretation of diagnostic tests / Wallach, Jacques B.
Textbook Collection (6th floor): QY 25 W195i 2007
Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests
Available online through AccessMedicine
Medical Dictionaries
MedlinePlus
www.medlineplus.gov
MedlinePlus is sponsored by the National Library of Medicine and provides access to the Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary and the A.D.A.M. Medical Encylcopedia. MedlinePlus also provides links to authoritative, consumer-oriented webpages that review a wide variety of medical topics in lay language. Many of these webpages include definitions of relevant technical terms.
Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary
Textbook Collection (6th floor): W 13 M894
Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Reference and Textbook collections (6th floor): W 13 S812m
Available online through STAT!Ref. Click on Stat!Ref's "Resources" tab to reach the link to Stedman's Medical Dictionary.
Medical Textbooks
ACP Medicine
Available online through STAT!Ref
Cecil Textbook of Medicine
Reference Department Textbook Collection (6th floor): WB 100 T354
Available online through AccessMedicine
DeGowin's Diagnositc Exam
Available online through STAT!Ref
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
Reference Department Textbook Collection (6th floor): WB 115 H322
Available online through AccessMedicine
Physical Examination and Health Assessment
Reference Department Textbook Collection (6th floor): WB 205 J38p
Electronic text books through STAT!Ref, AccessMedicine, and MDConsult
Frequently Updated Review Resources
DynaMed
Available online
eMedicine
Available online
FIRSTConsult
Available online
UpToDate (on campus only)
Available online
Pharmacy/Pharmacology Resources
AHFS Drug Information
Reference Bookcase (6th floor): QV 740 AA1 A512
Available online through STAT!Ref
Micromedex Databases of drug resources
Searchable by disease or by drug name
Available online
Clinical Pharmacology
Available online
xPharm
Available online
Practice Guidelines
National Guideline Clearinghouse
Available online
Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care
Available online through AccessMedicine
McGoogan Library of Medicine's Practice Guidelines web page
Available online
Screening and Prevention Resources
Adult Preventive Care Timeline
Available online at http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/timelinead.pdf
Pocket Guide to Clinical Preventive Services
Available online at
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstfix.htm
Morbidity and Mortality Resources
CDC Wonder
Available online at http://wonder.cdc.gov/
The Center for Disease Control, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
AVailable online at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
National Mortality Chart
Compiled from National Center for Health Statisitics (NCHS), National Vital Statistics System
Available online
Nebraska Mortality Chart
Compiled from National Center for Health Statisitics (NCHS), National Vital Statistics System
Available online
Lopez, A. D., Mathers, C. D., Ezzati, M., Jamison, D. T., & Murray, C. J. (2006). Global and
regional burden of disease and risk factors, 2001: Systematic analysis of population health
data. Lancet, 367(9524), 1747-1757.
Available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(06)68770-9
Thacker, S. B., Stroup, D. F., Carande-Kulis, V., Marks, J. S., Roy, K., & Gerberding, J. L.
(2006). Measuring the public's health. Public Health Reports, 121(1), 14-22.
Available online at http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1497799&blobtype=pdf
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