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INFORMATION MASTERY – resources listHasan Sheikh, Jia Hu, and Richard Glazier, St Michael’s Hospital Family Practice UnitJune 15, 2013 A. Rapid Topic OverviewsUptodate: Quick access with UTorID via terencetang.caAmerican Association of Family Practitioners “AFP by topic” (afp/topicModules/viewAll.htm): provides AAFP overviews divided by disease system BMJ Best Practice (bestpractice.best-practice/welcome.html): if a disease is inputted, offers information by epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, management, etc... Medscape Emedicine (emedicine.) – similar to aboveACP Pier (pier.index.htm) – topic overview from American College of PhysiciansAhmed Bayoumi’s (general internist at SMH) personal website: individual.utoronto.ca/bayoumi/ebm excellent overview of multiple EBM websites?B. Where to go for GuidelinesUnited States Preventive Task Force / Canadian Preventive Task Force: Source of good guidelines on common clinical situationsCanadian Medical Association Clinical Guidelines (cma.ca/cpgs): database with multiple guidelinesTowards Optimized Practice (home/): guidelines developed by Alberta physicians National Guidelines Clearing House (): multiple US guidelinesC. How to Stay CurrentInfoPOEMS (cma.ca/clinicalresources/infopoems): daily email update of one clinically relevant study put forth by the CMA ACP Journal Club (acpjc.): lists new relevant studies, provides commentary, and ranks relevance by type of practitioner (i.e. family doctor vs. generalist vs. specialist)Evidence Updates (plus.mcmaster.ca/EvidenceUpdates): updates of the evidence provided by McMaster University Physicians First Watch (firstwatch.): email updates on latest medical developmentsMedical Journals: Many medical journals offer table of contents subscriptions – this can be a good way of staying abreast of the current literatureTwitter (): Follow various journals (i.e. NEJM, BMJ, etc...), organizations, or individuals you are interested in Podcasts: many sources provide excellent podcasts on a variety of topics, a few recommended ones include: John Hopkins Medicine, Emergency Medicine Cases, Therapeutic Education Collaboration D. Answering a Specific QuestionCochrane Reviews (): Overview of available evidence for specific questionPubmed Clinical Queries (ncbi.nlm.pubmed/clinical): searches for pubmed with limits that help make the query more clinically relevant Netting the Evidence (cse/home?cx=004326897958477606950%3Adjcbsrxkatm): uses google engine to query along specific, evidence-based criteriaFor sensitivities/specificities/likelihood ratiosJAMA Rational clinical examCenter for evidence based medicine (index.aspx?o=1043)Medline or EMBASE: direct search of the literature TRIP database ()E. Useful Medical Apps PEPID: quick point-of-care resourceDynamed: point-of-care resource that provides evidence for recommendationsEpocrates, Lexi-comp: good, comprehensive resources that generally require payment but have parts that are free to accessMedscape: app version of Medscape EmedicineMicromedex: free app that is good for medications MD-Calc: app that has almost every known medical formula, scoring system, conversion, etc... Uptodate: has a mobile app that can be accessed on the go *some of these topics may require subscription to University of Toronto Libraries ................
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