Transcript What is MD Consult? - Department of Library Services

What is MD Consult?
Rich Collection of Clinical Content including:
 39 Medical Reference Textbooks (Ebooks)
 60+ Full text journals, including the Clinics of
North America Series
 Peer-reviewed Clinical Practice Guidelines
 Daily Medical News
 Current Contents + summaries of articles in
key journals
 Patient Handouts
How do I access MD
Consult?

Go to Health Sciences Library Website
http://www.ais.up.ac.za/med/med.htm
– Choose Health Databases where MD Consult is
listed

Available on-campus and off-campus
 NB: you must be registered as a library user
for access
Click on Health
Databases
Click on MD
Consult
Navigating / Searching MD Consult
Two ways of searching:

Quick search
– Single word or a phrase
– Can combine 2 or more word/phrases with Boolean
Operators (and, or, not)

Advanced Search
– Used mainly when searching specifically for journal
articles on Medline
Navigating / Searching MD
Consult
Quick Search

Type search term/phrase in block at top of
page and click on Search (All areas will
then be searched)
•This is the
Home Page
•See “What’s
New Today”
Tabs for
differen
t areas
Start by typing in
Search terms
Search results in
each area
Be on the
lookout for
“Quick Tips” in
each area
Reference Books

You now have the option of looking at the
full text results in the different Reference
Books (Textbooks)
Results
sorted
according to
relevancy
• Search hits in this
book
• Can also go to
“Index” or “Contents”
Publication
details of book
Click here to go
back to last results
of search
•Table of Contents of book
•Click on + to see Headings
of each Chapter/Section
•Helps to browse contents of
books quickly
Click on
“Frontmatter” for
bibliographic details
of book
Journal references

These results come from the Medline database
 The references are sorted according to full text
relevancy followed by references with abstracts
only
 Approximately 60 full text journal titles
Click on
“Full Text” to
retrieve this
article
Contents of this article
to facilitate browsing
To Print
Click here
Full Text of
this article
Printing

Use the .pdf option for printing when
available
 If the “print preview” option does not
respond then:
– Place cursor on text and right-click on the
mouse. (or)
– Highlight what you wish to print – copy and
paste to Word
Printing : right-click on text
This menu
appears - Click
on Print
Drugs
Results from the “Drug” area
 Covers more than 30,000 medications
 Drug information sub-divided into:

– Contents
– Updates
Click on title
for full text
Index for
“Updates”
Full text reference
Choose your
preference
News

Keep up-to-date with the latest developments
– This week in Medicine
– This week in Journals

Daily updates
Clinical summaries
highlight recent findings,
announcements,
conferences, and other
developments
•This week’s top 6
journal titles
•Click on Title for
Contents pages
•Each article is
summarized for
quick review and
includes a variety of
related information
sources for further
review
Current Practice

Sub-divided into 3 sections
– Clinical Topics Tours
– Practice Guidelines
– Clinical Insights
•Topics provide a concise
review of current thinking,
frequently updated.
•Includes Definition,
incidence, etiology, risk
factors, symptoms, diagnosis,
prevention….
•Display guidelines by
Topic, Specialty or
Authoring Organization
•Complete, full text
guidelines are provided and
regularly updated
Important articles in the
current literature are
selected by the editorial
board, providing abstract
and analysis of findings
Patient Handouts

Provides clear, customized information on
subject
 Includes your contact information
 If used as a patient handout – your own
special instructions can be included
•Choose your subject
information from
“Contents”
•Click on + to obtain
more detailed
information
Your own contact
details
Clear detailed
information on
subject
At end of article
Special
Instructions can
be added
Student Union
Found under “Learning Center” area
 Student Union is the place where you will
find information specific to your medical
education experience, includes

– Survival guide
– Practice case studies
– Step-by-step procedure instructions
Step-by-step procedure
guide – find under
Clerkship Survival Guide
My Folder

Within MD Consult you can organise bookmarks
and save searches
 You can create and organise your own folders to
help with projects, study notes, information
 You will however have to register yourself for
your own Personal Account
 No one else can access your folder as you have
your own userid/password for MD Consult
Click on My Folder to open
references, documents, etc
saved within MD Consult
Please always EXIT program
•Important as we only have 2 simultaneous licences
Click on “EXIT”
Created by: Maureen Brassel
September 2005