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Introduction to the New LRC Website

CINAHL from EBSCO

Search PubMed, use MeSH, and find journal articles.

Search for clinical information using StatRef?

Physician Assistant

EBP Resources

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PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's Medline Interface, the premier index for health related clinical and research literature. Much of the LRC's full text journal content is directly accessible from the citations retrieved in a PubMed search.

Medline 1996 -

Ovid's interface for MedLine, the premier index for health related clinical and research literature, enables searchers to easily perform precise topic based searches. Much of the LRC's full text journal content is directly accessible from the citations retrieved in an Ovid search.

LRC Clinical Search

This search page enables you to simultaneously search StatRef with ACP Pier (ACP's clinical point of care tool), MDConsult's First Consult clinical point of care tool and the medical reference books from MDConsult. Thus this search tool enables you to find quick, accurate answers to clinical questions.

CINAHL

CINAHL -- Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature Database Guide -is an index to the literature of nursing and allied health. Journals indexed cover nursing, allied health, biomedicine, alternative/complementary medicine, consumer health and health sciences librarianship.

with ACP PIER

StatRef with ACP PIER is a cross-searchable, healthcare reference that integrates core titles with evidence-based resources and innovative tools in one site.

ACP PIER (Physicians' Information and Education Resource) is a pre-appraised, evidence-based clinical tool that defines the standard of care, including value-added abstracts of original journal articles and drug treatment information.

MDConsult/FirstConsult

MD Consult attempts to bring an array of medical resources together including text books, Medline with some full text, clinical guidelines and drug information. Our subscription also includes First Consult, an evidence-based and continuously updated point of care oriented clinical information resource for healthcare professionals.

Essential Evidence Plus combines InfoPoems - an EBM content alerting service and Infotriever - a search interface with their EBM evaluated clinical information resources. It also includes EBM Guidelines, EBM guidelines and summaries produced by the Danish Medical Society Duodecim.

This second edition of Primary Care for Physician Assistants is designed for the practicing physician assistant and physician assistant student. The book is divided into 18 sections covering major primary care systems. Within each section are carefully selected topics that one may encounter in a primary care clinical setting.

Search Box for Point of Care StatRef Resources

Stedman's Medical Dictionary via StatRef

Professional Web Sites

The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) is the only national organization that represents physician assistants (PAs) in all specialties and all employment settings. Its membership also includes physician assistant students and supporters of the profession.

PAEA is the only national organization in the United States representing physician assistant (PA) educational programs. Its mission is to pursue excellence, foster faculty development, advance the body of knowledge that defines quality education and patient-centered care, and promote diversity in all aspects of physician assistant education.

NCCPA is the only credentialing organization for physician assistants in the United States.

PA Forum is a site with discussion boards on PA related topics for practioners and students

PALinx is designed to provide PAs with a comprehensive one-stop site in their specialty, that delivers the focused information needed to stay current, deliver better care, and stay ahead of their patients.

The Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants is the national organization representative of emergency medicine physician assistants.

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