1. In the DynaMed entry for shingles, which antiviral medication is associated with earlier pain relief?

acyclovir valacyclovir prednisone

No, but you’re on the right track. Try again. That’s correct! Not only does DynaMed summarize clinical evidence, it will often assign it an evidence rating. In this case, this study was found to be likely reliable. That’s not even an antiviral medication. Hopefully you’re not directly responsible for patients.

2. DynaMed can be downloaded to my PDA.

True False	That’s right! To be even more useful to clinicians, DynaMed can be downloaded to Palm and Pocket PCs. Email the library at lib-hardin@uiowa.edu to get a serial number. Try again. Your odds are real good now. No, but that would be very very cool. Maybe in the next version.

3. The entries in DynaMed can be very long.  What’s an easy way to get to the section you’re looking for?

Hire a monkey to operate your scroll button. Search using Control-F (Find in This Page).  After opening the entry, use the Dynamed search to find the appropriate section.	That might be easy, but it’s probably against some health code. Correct! Searching within the browser lets you quickly find the important part of any web page. Unfortunately, searching in DynaMed doesn’t work that way – this technique would start a new search from scratch.

This quiz points out only a few of the interesting features of DynaMed. For more details, use the DynaMed "How to Use" menu or contact the Hardin Library Education Department at 319-335-9151 or hlhsed@uiowa.edu for an individual training session.