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to MDConsult
MD Consult Core Collection
MD Consult OverviewClinicsBooksJournalsDrugsNewsCurrent PracticePatient HandoutsStudent UnionCMEMarketplacePOCKET ConsultAdvanced SearchingCustomization Features
If your patient has it, we have it.
MD Consult is designed to help physicians answer clinical questions and stay current with new developments in medicine.
50 leading medical reference and textbooks80 full-text journals/clinics with MEDLINEOver 22,000 drug medicationsThe latest medical newsPeer-reviewed practice guidelinesAlmost 10,000 customizable patient handoutsEarn CME credit onlineStudent Union – the medical student’s resourcePOCKET Consult – free for your PDA
Content is organized in Ten Categories
ClinicsBooksJournalsDrugsNews
This Week in MedicineWhat Your Patients Are ReadingIn This Week’s Journals
Current PracticeClinical Topic ToursClinical InsightsCase of the WeekPractice Guidelines
Patient HandoutsStudent UnionCMEMarketplace
Bookstoree-Detailinge-Sampling
Clinics
Search across 31 Clinics of North America simultaneously
Bibliographic data and Table of Contents available for each full-text article
Search options provide simple but flexible ways to refine searches
Focus button Study GroupSubject Age Sorted by full text/relevancy, relevancy, or publication date
ClinicsFor those who have add-on Clinics packages, clicking on the Clinics tab displays the Clinics packages available and their titles.
Add-on Clinics Packages enable you to browse a particular issue
Clinics
When doing a global search, your Clinics hits show up in the search results summary.
The top 3 Clinics results of your search are displayed in the “Results at a Glance” area.
Reference Books
Dozens of the most respected references
Scroll through the table of contents or the back of the book index
Reference Books
Search across the entire collection simultaneously
Searching uses human-made indexes as well as MD Consult’s controlled medical vocabulary and thesaurus
Your last search and set of search results is always available for you
Reference Books
Search within a specific book
Journals
Full-text articles from over 80 journals and clinics
Includes the Clinics of North America and Year Books
Simultaneously searches the MEDLINE and AIDSLINE databases
Bibliographic data and Table of Contents available for each full-text article
Journal Search
Search options provide simple but flexible ways to refine searches
Focus button Study GroupSubject Age Sorted by full text/relevancy, relevancy, or publication date
Year Book articles are attached to the original journal article
Review articles are flagged in search results
Journal PDFs
Available for Elsevier Journals and Clinics
Includes more than 30,000 articles dating back to 2002
Allows users to view, download and print the article in PDF
DrugsMosby’s Drug Consult
Over 22,000 drug medications
Pill pictures available
Cost of therapy provided for many medications
Also includes:USP off-label usesFDA pregnancy categoriesDEA schedules of controlled substancesPoison control centersDrug comparative tables
Drug Look-up
Allows users to search for a specific drug medication by:Brand nameGeneric nameTherapeutic classPharmacological classIndication
Images
Quickly search over 50,000 high-quality medical images from the renowned medical books on MD Consult.
Images include photos, tables, graphs, and more.
News
Keep current on what’s happening in the medical world
Includes three service areas:
This Week In MedicineWhat Your Patients Are ReadingIn This Week’s Journals
This Week In Medicine
Concise summaries
Updated daily
Customize to your specialty interest area
What Your Patients Are Reading
We canvass the popular press to identify major stories about health and medicine
Provides a “heads up” on what patients are likely to ask
New stories are added each week
In This Week’s JournalsSummarized key articles from current influential medical journals
Allows users to quickly scan the content of leading medical journals
Includes featured journals which change monthly
Updated weekly (simultaneous with new issue release)
In This Week’s Journals
Coverage includes:
New England Journal of MedicineJAMAThe LancetBritish Medical JournalAnnals of Internal MedicineArchives of Internal Medicine
Current PracticeFour service areas:
Clinical Topic ToursCase of the WeekClinical InsightsPractice Guidelines
Clinical Topic Tours
Current “hot” topics reviewed and extensively annotated
Includes related information from all areas of MDC
Reference additional resources online
Clinical Insights
Clinical Cornerstone offers free CME
Images in Surgery
Practice Management and Patient Safety articles
Review articles
Case of the Week
A patient-directed approach to help improve clinical reasoning skills and increase knowledge
Original medical cases written by physicians
Each case is presented as a series of questions and answers, with links to MD Consult's reference material.
Practice Guidelines
Over 1,000 peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelinesOrganized by authoring organization, specialty and topicBibliographic data and Table of Contents available for each full-text article
Patient Handouts
Almost 10,000 handouts
Fully customizable
6th–8th grade reading level
2-3 pages in length
10% available in Spanish
Over 100 comprehensive handouts available
CME Center
Over 200 Category 1 modules
Across 15 specialties
First 5 conferences are free
Sign up for a full year's worth of conferences
POCKET Consult
Current medical news
20 Medical Calculators
Mosby’s Drug Consult Database
Drug Interaction Tool
Drug updates
Personalized journal abstracts
Initiate & save searches
Palm & Pocket PC platforms
FREE!
POCKET Consult
My PDA button located in upper right corner
First time users will have to create a new account
POCKET Consult
Existing users simply need to click on the ‘My PDA’ link – no user name and password required
Automatically taken into POCKET Consult
POCKET Consult
Channels tab allows users to select which sections they would like downloaded on their handheld
Choices include:MD Consult Drug Updates MD Consult Medical News Medical Calculators Mosby's Drug Consult Interaction Tool This Week’s Journals
POCKET Consult
This Week’s Journals
Found in the Channels tabClick on the This Week’s Journals linkPick and choose from over 400 journalsClick ‘Add Journals’ when all selections have been made
POCKET Consult
Library tab allows users to select which Elsevier handheld titles they would like downloaded on their handheld
Choices include:Mosby’s Drug ConsultOther Elsevier handheld titles which have been purchased separately
POCKET Consult
Daily update of current medical news, as well as important drug alerts
Drug updates
Medical news
POCKET Consult
Mosby’s Drug Consult Database with over 900 drug monographs.Mosby’s Drug IX, a drug interaction toolMosby’s Drug Consult
Drug Interaction Tool
POCKET Consult
20 Free Medical Calculators
BMI, Glasgow Coma Scale, Sodium Defect, Metric Units Conversion, and more.
POCKET Consult
Download the table of contents from over 400 journals
Provides the citation and/or abstract of journal articles
POCKET Consult
Capture information needs on your PDA
Searches are uploaded when you hot sync
Searches are saved in “My Searches” for future use
Print Preview
Allows users to view what will be printed
Print right from the preview page
Global Search
Quick search box lets you search all areas simultaneously
Enter a quick search
Open the Advanced Search form
View the results of your last search
Focus your search to Diagnosis, Etiology, Treatment, or Prognosis
Global Search Results
Includes search results in all areas of the services
Jump directly to any section of search results
Results at a Glance
A summary showing the first 3 results in each content area
Simplifies user navigation and shows breadth of content
You can expand the results by clicking “More Results”
Focus drop-down box
Use the Focus drop-down box to refine your search to one of these information needs: Diagnosis, Etiology, Treatment, or Prognosis
You receive less hits and the results you want.
Spellchecker
Terms are checked against a comprehensive Medical and English language dictionary
If the term isn’t found, we’ll offer alternative spellings and give you the option of searching again with the correct spelling
Advanced Search
Enables users to target search to a specific content area
Use boolean terms for multiple search terms
Searching Reference BooksSearch all books simultaneously
Books listed by number of occurrences
Index of specific hit topics is displayed for each book
Searching Journals/MEDLINE
Enter phrase(s) in search boxUse limiters to narrow searchSearch results indicate:
Copyright informationReview articleYear Book articlePresence of full-text or abstractFind similar articles
Searching Drug Information
Enter drug in search box
Search results include the number of hits in:
Drug InformationDrug Updates
Searching
Search FIRST Consult content from within MD Consult
Offers updated advice on the latest in evaluation and diagnosis, management options, patient education and disease prevention - all at the point of care.
* This feature is only available for those who subscribe to FIRST Consult
Searching FIRST Consult within MD Consult Clicking on the search result will take you to the appropriate location in the FIRST Consult content
* This feature is only available for those who subscribe to FIRST Consult
Searching News
Enter phrase(s) in search boxSelect sort order
Reverse ChronologicalRelevancy to Query
Search results indicate:Article titleService areaDate of article
Searching Current PracticeSearches Clinical Topic Tours and Clinical Insight storiesEnter phrase(s) in search boxSelect sort order
Reverse ChronologicalRelevancy to Query
Searching Practice GuidelinesEnter phrase(s) in search boxUse limiters to narrow searchSearch results include:
Copyright informationCochrane or Review articlePresence of full-text or abstractFind similar articles link
Searching Patient Handouts
Enter phrase(s) in search boxResults are sorted by relevancySpanish and Comprehensive handouts are indicatedImages are available on select handouts
Benefits of MD Consult
Convenience - 24-hour access to medical content and news. MDC Mobile provides medical information and news to your PDA.Trusted resources - Accessing information from peer-reviewed medical resources.Efficiency – Faster searching, no junk hits. Search one or all of the references.Be more productive – The content on MD Consult helps you do your job better and faster.Higher quality of care – This is due to the depth and quality of the content on MDC.Confidence – Used by over 1,700 healthcare organizations worldwide and nearly 95% of U.S. medical schools.
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