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Family Medicine

A guide to Family Medicine

Evidence Based Databases

Based on Brian Haynes 5"S" Organization and subsequent 6"S". Search for answers to your clinical questions beginning with the resources at the top of this box first.   

Summaries (aka Clinical Tools or Evidence Summaries)

  • BestPractice (Formerly BMJ PointofCare)
    [NSH] [Dal]
  • DynaMed
    [Dal]
  • eMedicine
    [WWW] (Free Registration)
  • Evidence Alerts (Previously Evidence UPDATES) (BMJ/Mcmaster)
    [WWW] (Free Registration)
  • UpToDate
    [SJRH/IWK] [Coming soon: Doctors NS]

Synopses (of Studies and/or Syntheses)

  • ACP Journal Club
    [Dal] (follow link to Annals of Internal Medicine for content 2008-present)
  • Evidence Based Medicine
    [ Dal]

Syntheses

  • Cochrane Library
    [Dal] [NSH]

Studies

MetaSearch

 



NSH = Nova Scotia Health Library Services
SJRH = Saint John Regional Hospital

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Clinical Practice Guidelines

Canadian

Disease Oriented

International

Other Sources

To locate a particular specialty or disease society not found here search Google.

Drug Information - EBM Reviews

E-Books for EBP

Collections

AccessMedicine
[Dal]

Books@Ovid
[Dal]

Clinical Key
[NSH] [CMA] [DNS]

STAT!Ref
[Dal] [NSH] [CMA] [DNS]

Clinical Sources (Selected resources)

5-Minute clinical consult
[Dal] [NSH]

5-Minute pediatric consult
[Dal]

Current diagnosis & treatment in family medicine
[Dal]

Current diagnosis & treatment emergency medicine
[Dal] [CMA]

Current medical diagnosis & treatment
[Dal] [NSH] [CMA]

Current diagnosis & treatment: pediatrics
[Dal] [CMA]

eMedicine
[WWW]

Fitzpatrick's dermatology in general medicine
[Dal] [NSH] [CMA] [DNS]

Harrison's Online
[Dal] [NSH] [CMA] [DNS]

Pocket guide to diagnostic tests
[Dal]


NSH = Nova Scotia Health Library Services
DNS = Doctors Nova Scotia

Collections

Clinical Sources (selected resources)