LibraryGuides: Phoenix Residents and Fellows: Finding Clinical Information

Top Clinical Tools

DynaMed
*Requires registration with Creighton email address. An app is available for download.
A clinical reference tool integrating evidence-based medicine with practical information for clinical practice on more than 3,200 clinical topics. It is designed for physicians, nurses, and other health professionals. This resources also offers Maintenance of Certification, AMA, AAFP, and AANP credits.
UpToDate
*Access courtesy of CommonSpirit Health
This resource is a point-of-care resource for health information. The content is written, reviewed, and updated by expert physicians and provide specific recommendations for patient care.
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A differential diagnosis tool with images and point of care information to aid in the identification of visually identifiable diseases.
JAMAevidence
A platform designed to help clinicians make evidence-based healthcare decisions. It contains textbooks, tools, and forms useful to the critical appraisal process, including Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature: A Manual for Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis, JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods, and Care at the Close of Life: Evidence and Experience.

Clinical Pharmacology
A resource for evidence-based drug research, including monographs, an interaction checker, patient education materials, and more.
Micromedex Academic
A variety of databases covering topics such as medicine, drugs, alternative and complementary medicine, patient education and occupational health. Includes access to NeoFax, Pediatrics, and Red Book.
Lexicomp Online
A suite of drug databases that provide concise point-of-care drug information and provides access to drug information via a global search or via a range of clinical tools.
Natural Medicines
An online library of knowledge about dietary supplements and alternative therapies, which curates evidenced-based research from unbiased, peer-reviewed sources to inform and guide users in integrative therapies. There are several built-in tools, including the drug-interaction checker, pregnancy and lactation checker, printable patient handouts, commercial products database, safety ratings, and more.