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 This link opens in a new window
Provides textbooks, case studies, self assessments and more in the clerkship/clinical rotations of family medicine, internal medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery.

Board Vitals This link opens in a new window
BoardVitals is an exam review tool that includes test banks to help prepare for USMLE Step 1, 2 and 3 and Shelf Exams for Neurology, OBGYN, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Psychiatry and Emergency Medicine. New users should register with your @upstate.edu email.

Library guide to additional board review resources!
Osmosis
Osmosis provides you with the right study techniques to help you retain, understand, and study more efficiently throughout med school. Excel in your classes, ace the USMLE®, and be better prepared for clinicals when you learn by Osmosis. Use your Upstate credentials to login to Osmosis!
Academic Support
Please contact our Academic Support team for assistance with Osmosis and additional strategic study ideas!

AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
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.)

Essential Evidence Plus This link opens in a new window
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.
Lexicomp This link opens in a new window
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.

VisualDx This link opens in a new window
A multi-symptom differential diagnosis database that utilizes radiographic images and dermatologic photographs and illustrations for diagnostic assistance.

Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
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 This link opens in a new window
PubMed comprises millions of citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central. Special features include myNCBI to customize your experience and Clinical Queries (built-in evidence-based search filters).