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School of Medicine @ MAHEC Student Guide

Selected online resources to support UNC School of Medicine programs at MAHEC

Library Session Objectives

  • Know which resources you have access to and be able to access them quickly
  • Become familiar with the interface and use of some of the most highly useful resources
  • Be able to apply resource knowledge in clinical scenarios 

Important resources to bookmark

General Apps

DynaMed    Apple Android

Database of clinical topic summaries, includes grading the quality of evidence cited, designed primarily for point-of-care use. 

Access for MAHEC staff, faculty, & residents with ADL logins - Instructions for access.

uptodate

UpToDate   Apple Android

A clinical decision support resource combining the evidence with expert opinion and designed to be useful at the point-of-care. 

Access for HCA users with 3-4IDs 

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StatRef    Apple | Android

Access selected medical, dental, nursing and pharmacological textbooks and dictionaries, as well as medical calculators, ACP Smart Medicine, and AHFS DI Essentials.

Access for MAHEC staff, faculty, & residents with ADL logins - Instructions for access.

PubMed for Handhelds     Apple | Android

This is an app alternative to the PubMed Mobile website. Search PubMed by PICO (patient, intervention, comparison, outcome) or regular Medline search

Free 

VisualDX    Apple | Android

Designed to enhance diagnostic accuracy, aid therapeutic decisions, and improve patient safety. Shows disease variation with images.

Access for UNC users with ONYENs

HerbList App     Apple Android

From National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) this app offers research-based information about the safety and effectiveness of herbal products.  Includes access to science-based summaries on more than 50 popular herbs, such as aloe, chamomile, ginger, and turmeric.

Free

Prevention TaskForce (formerly ePSS)   Apple | Android

Designed to help primary care clinicians identify clinical preventative services that are appropriate for their patients. Search or browse U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPTF) recommendations.

Free

EBM Stats Calc

EBM Stats Calc  Apple | Android

Calculate NNTs from rates, percentages, or raw event and patient numbers. Use sensitivity and specificity of likelihood ratios to go from a pretest probability to posttest probability and positive predictive value and negative predictive value.

Free

Calculate by QxMD     Apple Android

More than 400 unique calculators and decision support tools.

Free

Shots by AAFP/STFM     Apple Android

American Academy of Family Physicians and Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

CDC vaccine schedules and footnotes and important up-to-date information about each vaccine, including: dosing schedule, high-risk indications, adverse reactions, contraindications, catch-up, administration, epidemiology, brand names and coding information, and excipients/additives.

Free

IDSA Practice Guidelines App     Apple Android

Infectious Diseases Society of America

Free

Wiki Journal Club

Journal Club for iPhone/Android

Landmark trials at your fingertips.  Summarized by physicians.  Share articles with colleagues. Instantly sync for new summaries. Powered by Wiki Journal Club.

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