Medical Student Resources: Application Phase Resources

Medical Student Resources: links to databases, case scenario resources, and textbooks

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PubMed

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Coverage: 1957-present
CINAHL Plus with Full Text

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Coverage: 1982-present
Embase

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Google Scholar

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PsycInfo

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Coverage: 1887 - Present
Scopus

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Web of Science (ISI)

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Coverage: 1955 -

Clinical Decision Support and Core Online Books

UpToDate

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UpToDate (via EPIC for CME/CE credit)

AccessMedicine

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AccessEmergencyMedicine

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e-Anatomy

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VisualDx

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Harrison's Online (Harrisons Principles of Internal Medicine)

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STAT!Ref

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Student Guides

Medical Student Tutorials

PubMed Searching
Created by HSL clinical librarians, this guide provides a way to quickly review the basic PubMed search skills needed to answer clinical questions.
Searching New PubMed
Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice Tutorial (UNC & Duke)

Evidence Based Practice

Cochrane Library
Leading source for full-text systematic reviews in health care. Searches a collection of databases that includes the CDSR, CENTRAL, Clinical Answers, and selected reviews from Epistemonikos. RCTs are from CINAHL, Pubmed, Embase, ClinicalTrials.gov, the WHO ICTRP, and more. Click on "Search Limits" or the Browse tab to select content from a specific database.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
TRIP Database : the Search Engine for Evidence-Based Medicine
Open access clinical search engine. Create an account and list University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as your institution to get the Find@UNC button on listings.

Access: No restrictions.
JAMAevidence
Provides tools for students and clinicians to evaluate and interpret medical literature and better understand the principles of Evidence Based Practice/Medicine, including the books Users' Guides to Medical Literature, The Rational Clinical Examination , etc.

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Joanna Briggs Institute EBP Database
From the University of Adelaide, this resources offers JBI's well-respected resources for evidence-based practice: evidence summaries, systematic reviews, best practices information sheets, evidence based recommendations, consumer information sheets, etc.

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Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice Tutorial (UNC & Duke)
From UNC and Duke University, this tutorial is intended for any health care practitioner or student who needs a basic introduction to the principles of Evidence-Based Medicine