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New MyAccess Features
AccessMedicine has launched new and improved MyAccess functionality. Now through your MyAccess account, you can take advantage of the following functions:
- Remote Access
- Accessing Custom Curriculum Assignments
- Favorite/Bookmark Content (NEW)
- Access Self-Assessment Q&A and Cases
- Access Self-Assessment History (NEW)
- Download Images and Tables
- See Recently Viewed Content (NEW)
- Access CME Credits (NEW)
To explore AccessMedicine click here.
For MyAccess overview click here.
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UpToDate Drug Reference Expands Heading
UpToDate increased the breadth and depth of its drug reference database by partnering with Lexicomp. This partnership provides UpToDate subscribers with access to drug information from the Lexicomp core databases, including more than 5,400 in-depth drug monographs.
- Each monograph provides dosage information for adult, pediatric, and geriatric patients.
- Drug interactions are analyzed between an unlimited number of drugs and herbs including over the counter medications.
- Easy-to-understand risk ratings and patient management steps.
- Drug administration detail including drug brands, available strength and dosage form information.
- General and disease-specific dosing recommendations including evidence-based off-label dosing.
- Recommendations for dose adjustment for impaired kidney or liver function, obesity, or toxicity.
- Current FDA Special Alerts and major Health Canada safety communications.
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LearnDerm By VisualDx
LearnDerm is a self-study dermatology education resource that consists of 5 interactive lessons to help build a solid foundation in essential terminology and improve your pattern recognition skills.
The interactive lessons consist of:
- Basic skin exam
- Lesion types
- Distribution and body location
- Configurations
- Introduction to disease variation
To get started go to Health Science Databases, then within the list of databases, click on VisualDx. Follow the link to LearnDerm Self-Study Dermatology Education Resource which is listed under Health News and Alerts on VisualDx home page.
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Book Review
Jonsen, Albert R. "Clinical ethics : a practical approach to ethical decisions in clinical medicine". McGraw-Hill, 2015.
In this book, the authors go beyond theory to offer a decision-making strategy applicable to real-world practice. Readers will learn an easy-to-apply system based on simple questions about medical indications, patient preferences, quality of life, and contextual features that clearly explain clinical ethics and help them formulate a sound diagnosis and treatment strategy.
Available at Medical Library: Call Number: WB 60 J81 2015.
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"The grand architect of the universe builds without sound of hammer; nature is silent in her work"
– Doctor A. T. Still
“Autumn is as joyful and sweet as an untimely end.”
– Rémy de Gourmont
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Did You Know..
IOM Report Continues to Have Impact
'Countless' Patients Harmed By Wrong or Delayed Diagnoses - US News and World Report
IOM: Most Patients Experience Diagnostic Error at Some Point - MedPage Today
Diagnosis Wrong Too Often, Urgent Improvement Needed - ABC News
These are just some of the sweeping headlines resulting from the Institute of Medicine report on diagnostic errors. A month after the study’s release, its impact is still far reaching. The finding that “nearly every person will experience a diagnostic error in their lifetime” resonates within and outside of the health care community. The IOM has several recommendations, including better communication within the health care system and promoting patients’ participation in the diagnostic process.
View the IOM report here.
See a diagnostic error story here.
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VisualDx Diagnosis Challenge on Facebook!
A 35-YEAR-OLD HIV-positive patient who had recently started HAART therapy came into the ER very concerned about a large group of vesicles that had appeared on her leg. For several days before the lesions appeared, she had experienced a burning skin sensation. Other symptoms included headache, neck pain, and fatigue.
Can you diagnose the patient? Use the Differential Builder in VisualDx to help you. HINT: Start with specific Clinical Scenario “Immunocompromised” under “Adult Skin,” then add other key findings.
Look for the answer on VisualDx Facebook page. A new quiz will be posted every Monday on VisualDx Facebook!
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Article Review
Rosenbaum, Lisa. " Transitional Chaos or Enduring Harm? The EHR and the Disruption of Medicine" NEJM 2015, 373; 17. 1585-1588.
Excerpt from the article: "A decade ago, a primary care physician I admired seemed to come undone. His efficiency had derived not from rushing between patients but from knowing them so well that his charting was effort-less and fast. But suddenly he became distracted, losing his grip on the details of his patients’ lives. He slumped around, shirt half-untucked, perpetually pulling a yellowed handkerchief from his pocket to wipe his perspiring forehead. Everyone worried he was sick. His problem, however, turned out to be the electronic health record (EHR)!"
To read the full text look up for the journal title and the citation information in Journal Locator.
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Medical Library Hours
Due to the Thanksgiving Day Holiday the library will be closed:
Wednesday, Nov. 25th – Sunday, Nov. 29.
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