LibGuides: Medical Education: Problem Based Learning Exercises

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Differential Diagnosis

Access Medicine's Diagnosaurus
Differential diagnosis by symptom, disease, or organ system.
DynaMed
Clinically-organized summaries of medical topics.
Clinical Overviews from ClinicalKey
Synopses of medical topics.
The Rational Clinical Examination
David L. Simel, Drummond Rennie. E- textbook located in JAMAevidence.
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
Textbook located in Access Medicine.

Abdominal Pain

Algorithmic Approach to Complaints of Abdominal Pain
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Includes right upper quadrant, epigastric, left upper quadrant, flank, lower abdominal, crampy, and diffuse pain

Headache: Anatomy and Physiology

Clinical Evaluation of Headache: Primary & Secondary

Labs

Normal Laboratory Values
From the Merck Manual, professional edition.
LabTests Online Test Index
From the American Association for Clinical Chemistry
MedlinePlus Lab Test Definitions & Patient Education
From MedlinePlus.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Pediatric Test Reference Values
From Mayo Medical Laboratories
Ready Reference Guides - Lab Values
Metric System and equivalent sub units, atomic weights, metric-nonmetric equivalents. From the Merck Manual, professional edition

Pathology

Pathology: The Big Picture
Search by organ system or disease.

BMI Chart

BMI Chart
From the National Institutes of Health

Pulse Rate

Pulse Rates
From MedlinePlus.gov. Provides pulse rates for children - adults and well-trained athletes.

Respiratory Rate

Adult Chart for Respiratory Rates
From Medscape [table 2]
Pediatric Chart for Respiratory Rates
From Healthny.gov

Blood Pressure

Korotkoff Blood Pressure Sights and Sounds (video)

Patient Education

Patient Education Handouts
From ClinicalKey
Patient Education Handouts
From Access Medicine
DailyMed
From the U.S. National Library of Medicine; includes patient counseling information

Practice Guidelines

Current Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2024
ECRI Guidelines Trust
An interactive guideline portal that includes current, evidence-based clinical practice guideline summaries. Sign up for free login access.

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Publicly available guideline repository was created by the same team that developed and maintained the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's National Guideline Clearinghouse™ for more than 20 years.
Links to Practice Guidelines Locations (Where to Find)

Review

Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy
This resource contains videos to supplement and reinforce information learned in dissection and anatomy courses. More info on how to use this resource.
Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination Streaming Videos
Each module shows step-by-step examinations with rationales for the clinician's actions. Contains examples of health history taking, interviewing, and a description of findings. Graphics illustrate key components of anatomy and physiology.

Calculators

Clinical Calculators (ClinicalKey)
Calculators included in ClinicalKey are drug calculators, clinical criteria/decision trees calculators, medical calculators, and unit conversions calculators.
DynaMed Calculators
DynaMed calculators can be found using the link in the top header menu of DynaMed's main page.

Pediatrics

Vaccination Schedule
From Redbook Online; American Academy of Pediatrics

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https://usd.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://redbook.solutions.aap.org/
Systems-Based Treatment Table
From Redbook Online; American Academy of Pediatrics

Radiation and Imaging

American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) Case of the Week
Basic Radiology
From AccessMedicine.
Interpreting Chest X-Rays, CT Scans, and MRIs
From Access Medicine, Chapter 15 Respiratory: An Integrated Approach to Disease

Diagnostic Tests

Guide to Diagnostic Tests
From AccessMedicine
Point of Care (POC) Commonly Used Tests
From AccessMedicine.

Psychiatric Evaluation

Psyhiatric Interviewing, 3rd. ed.
From ClinicalKey
Psychiatric Evaluation of Children and Adolescents
From ClinicalKey

Mental Health Resources

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Additional Resources by Mental Health Condition
From the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Sceening for Depression Patient Health Questionnaire 9
From MedCalc

Electrocardiography

Basic ECG Reading
From AccessMedicine
Electrocardiography (Book Chapter)
From NCBI Bookshelf
Rapid Interpretations of EKGs 6th ed.

Drug Information

Lexidrug
Detailed drug information for health professionals who prescribe and administer medications.
Natural Medicines
Uses a standardized evidence grading system for herbal, dietary, and other integrative therapies. Includes interaction checker and effectiveness checker (formerly Natural Standard)
DailyMed
From the U.S. National Library of Medicine; includes patient counseling information

Potential Poisoning

Evaluation of the Poisoned Patient
From ClinicalKey: Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine. 23rd ed.

Neurological Examination

Outline of the Screening Neurological Examination
From ClinicalKey

Rare Disease Information

National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
Physician and patient information.

Cost of Care Resources

Cost Distress Screening Tool and Conversation Guides
From the American College of Physicians (ACP), May 2019