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 windowProvides textbooks, case studies, self assessments and more in the clerkship/clinical rotations of family medicine, internal medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics, psychiatry, and surgery.
Board review
- Board Vitals This link opens in a new windowBoardVitals 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.
- Academic SupportPlease contact our Academic Support team for assistance with Osmosis and additional strategic study ideas!
- UWorldcoming soon!
- Kaplan USMLE Prep Coursescoming soon!
Access Medicine Clerkship Resources
- AccessMedicine This link opens in a new windowIncludes 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 windowInteractive 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.)
Additional Learning Resources
- AquiferThis 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.
Point of Care Resources
- Essential Evidence Plus This link opens in a new windowPlease note: this resource now requires users to setup a personal account attached to their Upstate 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. - Lexicomp This link opens in a new windowOn-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 windowA multi-symptom differential diagnosis database that utilizes radiographic images and dermatologic photographs and illustrations for diagnostic assistance.
Bates Physical Exam videos / OSCE Clinical Skills videos
- Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination This link opens in a new windowThe 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 and PubMed Databases
- Cochrane Library This link opens in a new windowContains 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 windowPubMed 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).
Ebooks
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine by J. Larry Jameson; Dan L. Longo; Stephen L. Hauser; Dennis L. Kasper; Joseph Loscalzo; Anthony S. Fauci
ISBN: 9781259644030Publication Date: 2018-08-13Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics by Robert M. Kliegman; Bonita Stanton; Joseph St. Geme; Nina F. Schor; Richard E. Behrman
ISBN: 9781455775668Publication Date: 2015-04-22Red Book 2018 by David W. Kimberlin (Editor); Sarah S. Long (Associate Editor); Michael T. Brady (Associate Editor); Mary Anne Jackson (Associate Editor)
ISBN: 9781610021463Publication Date: 2018-06-01
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