Clinical Decision Support
Reference collections include background and foreground information to assist you in making a clinical decision. While there is not one specific Family Medicine collection, all of the following provide information for this specialty:
- AccessDermatologyDxRx This link opens in a new window
- AccessPharmacy This link opens in a new window
- AccessEmergencyMedicine This link opens in a new window
- AccessNeurology This link opens in a new window
- AccessObGyn This link opens in a new window
- AccessPediatrics This link opens in a new window
- AccessSurgery This link opens in a new window
- AccessCardiology This link opens in a new window
The general page layout include the following tabs and search box option:
Each specialty has focused collections featuring:
online reference works (for instance, Rudolph's Pediatrics, Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine, etc.)
study and self-assessment tools
case files
multimedia features - animations and videos of procedures
American Family Physician journal articles
You are able to search within just this journal when accessing the link.
Best Places to Start
LWW Health Library - Clerkship
Books, case studies, self assessment, and journal club comprised of the article and all discussion points.
Direct link faculty recommended text:
Essential of Family Medicine 7th edition
This textbook focuses on evidence-based information, features discussions about prevention, addresses some community issues, discusses physician/patient relationships, and deals with problems commonly seen in Family