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Family Medicine Preceptorship Electronic Resource Center

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Textbooks

• Current Diagnosis & Treatment in Family Medicine, 1st ed. (2004) - AccessMedicine
  Jeannette E. South-Paul, Samuel C. Matheny, Evelyn L. Lewis
• Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2006 - AccessMedicine
  Ralph Gonzales, Jean Kutner
• Diagnosaurus - AccessMedicine
• Family Medicine Principles and Practice, 6th ed. (2003) - Stat!Ref
  Alan K David, Thomas A Johnson, Jr., D Melessa Phillips, Joseph E Scherger
• Griffith's 5-Minute Clinical Consult - InfoRetriever
• Guide to Culturally Competent Health Care (2005) - Stat!Ref
  Larry D. Purnell and Betty J. Paulanka
• Harriet Lane Handbook: A Manual for Pediatric House Officers, 17th ed. (2005) - MD Consult
  Children’s Medical and Surgical Center of the Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Harrison's Online - AccessMedicine
  expanded from Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 16th ed
• Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 17th ed. (2004) - MD Consult
  Richard E Behrman, Robert M Kliegman and Hal B Jenson
• Pathophysiology of Disease, 4th ed. (2004) - AccessMedicine
  Stephen J. McPhee, Vishwanath R. Lingappa, and William F. Ganong
• Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, 4th ed.
  Diana Nicoll, Stephen J. McPhee, Michael Pignone
• Red Book®: 2003 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 26th ed. - Stat!Ref
  Larry K. Pickering
• Textbook of Family Practice, 6th ed. (2002) - MD Consult
  Robert E Rakel
• Textbook of Primary Care Medicine, 3rd ed. (2001) - MD Consult
  John Noble et al.

• Find other electronic books at Hardin Library's Electronic Book List

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DynaMed (Click Login/Enter)
A point of care medical reference updated daily by a review of the medical literature. Organized in a structured note format, content is easy to navigate; both overall recommendations and specific study results are included; available for PDA download.

InfoRetriever: An Evidence-Based Medicine Clinical Tool
InfoRetriever can be used via the web or it can be downloaded to your PDA. This suite of tools provides evidence-based research in an easy-to-use interface. Search:

• Use this basic search for quick access to general research. The Review tab will limit to overview or introductory articles.

PubMed Clinical Queries (also accessible under PubMed Services on the side navigation bar)

• Search by Clinical Study Category: This feature enables a quick search for different study types: etiology, diagnosis, therapy and prognosis. Always use the narrow, specific search for a reasonable number of results.
• Find Systematic Reviews: Quickly find gold standard evidence-based medicine. This search will find:

  • Systematic Reviews
  • Meta-Analyses
  • Practice Guidelines

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Journals

• American Family Physician
  American Academy of Family Physicians
• Family Practice
• JAMA
  American Medical Association
• Journal of Family Practice
• New England Journal of Medicine
  Massachusetts Medical Society

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Clinical Tools

Reference Values

Disease Specific Resources

Allergy

• Allergy
  American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

Cancer

• Cancer Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 9th ed. (2005)
  The Oncology Group
• Oncology Textbooks
  Hardin Library for the Health Sciences

COPD

• Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)

Diabetes

• Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes
  American Diabetes Association
• Diabetes Facts and Guidelines 2005
  Yale Diabetes Center

Lipids

• Adult Treatment Panel III Quick Desk Reference
  National Cholesterol Education Center

Migraines

• Migraine and Headache
  Bandolier

Neonatology

• Iowa Neonatology Handbook
  University of Iowa Children's Hospital of Iowa

Osteoporosis

• OsteoEd Common Questions
  University of Washington School of Medicine

Palliative Care

• End of Life / Palliative Education Resource Center Fast Facts Index
  Medical College of Wisconsin

Pap Smears

• Pap & Cytological Abnormalities - Management Algorithms
  American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology

Pneumonia

• Clinical Prediction Rule: Low-Risk Patients with Community Acquired Pneumonia
  Jud Gurney

Psychiatry

• Psychiatry Resources
  University of Iowa Department of Family Medicine

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

• Practitioner's Handbook for the Management of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center

Thyroid

• Thyroid Manager
  Endocrine Education, Inc.

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Patient Education

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Study Aids