Clerkship Resources

Resources, including textbooks, for clerkships and clinical rotations.

Clerkship and Clinical Rotation Info on LWW Health Library

LWW Health Library Clerkship and Clinical Rotations
Provides textbooks, case studies, self assessments and more in the clerkship/clinical rotations of family medicine, internal medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery.

BoardVitals
BoardVitals is an exam review tool that includes test banks to help prepare for USMLE Step 1, 2 and 3 and Shelf Exams. New users should register with your @upstate.edu email.

Academic Support
Please contact our Academic Support team for additional strategic study ideas!

AccessMedicine
Includes textbooks, images, illustrations, interactive self-assessments, case files, diagnostic tools, and the ability to view from and download content to a mobile device.
AccessMedicine - Case Files Collection
Interactive patient cases that include a discussion, clinical pearls and references, definitions of key terms and USMLE-style review questions with explanations of the correct answers. (A MyAccess account (free to Upstate users) is required to save and track individual progress through cases and quiz results.)

Aquifer
This clinical skills learning resource is ideal for developing excellent clinical reasoning skills through the use of high-quality, in-depth virtual patient cases

First time users, click "Sign In" to register, using your Upstate email address.

UpToDate
The Library's landing page for UpToDate with multiple login options.
UptoDate mobile app information
Find out how to get the app, and how to create or reauthenticate your account.

Essential Evidence Plus
Database system of filtered, synopsized, evidence-based information. Please note that you will have to register for an account using your Upstate.edu email.
Database system of filtered, synopsized, evidence-based information: searches: Essential Evidence Topics, POEMS, Cochrane Systematic Reviews, History and Physical Test Calculators, Diagnostic Test Calculators, Decision Support Tools, Derm Expert Image Viewer, E/M Coding.
Lexidrug
On-line drug information system including sections for interactions, pediatric, geriatric, nursing, patient education, and toxicology information. Also includes AHFS Essentials, drug identifiers, and calculators.
Learn more about the mobile app at https://guides.upstate.edu/mobileresources/lexicomp
VisualDx
A multi-symptom differential diagnosis database that utilizes radiographic images and dermatologic photographs and illustrations for diagnostic assistance.
Users with upstate.edu email addresses may earn CME after creating a personal account. Scroll down to find "Create a Personal Account".
On future visits, make sure that you're logged into that personal account to earn CME. When using this link, click "Sign out" and then "Return to VisualDx" to login to your personal account.

Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination
The Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination video series provides “head to toe” and systems-based physical examination techniques. The videos, delivered via streaming video, cover adult, infant, child, and older adult patients.

Cochrane Library
Contains multiple evidence based databases including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) containing systematic reviews of research in health care and health policy and the Cochrane Controlled Clinical Trials Register (Cochrane CENTRAL) containing abstracts of randomised and quasi-randomised controlled trials.
PubMed
PubMed comprises millions of citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.