HSL Library Guides: MDC 7800 Neurology: Databases, Apps, & Websites

Databases

A list of Health Sciences Library provided Databases for student use in the
MDC 7800 Clerkship module.

AccessMedicine
- Instant answers to Clinical questions.
- Clinical Case Files & Self-Assessment questions.
- E-Textbooks: Harrison's Online, Hurst's The Heart, Principles of Critical Care, and the Lange Series Textbooks.
DynaMedex
- Combines the curated disease content of DynaMed with the comprehensive view into treatment options, depth and breadth of drug information, and advanced search capabilities of Micromedex.
- Evidence is evaluated using two systems: Levels of Evidence & GRADE.
- Includes: Point-of-Care tools, ICD-9 codes, & Patient Information.
- Available as a mobile App.
Epocrates
- Epocrates provides drug information, interaction check, pill ID, clinical practice guidelines, formulary, athenaText, tables, and calculators.
- Epocrates Plus provides access to all the free content plus disease information, alternative medicine, ICD-10 and CPT codes, infectious disease treatment, and labs.
- Epocrates Plus is available to medical students. Follow these directions to get Epocrates Plus. You will need a medical education number. Click here to find/get your ME number or call the AMA Member Service Center at 800-262-3211. It is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM CST.
LWW Clerkship Collection
- Provides access to Lippincott clerkship content in the subjects of Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, OB/GYN, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery.
Medscape
- Comprehensive, timely, and relevant clinical information for patient care, geared towards clinicians and other healthcare professionals.
- Free registration required to access some content.
PDR.net
- Weekly updates of FDA-approved Drug information and alerts
- Provides drug look-up and comparisons, interaction checkers, pill identifiers, and more
- Available as an app
PubMed
- comprises more than 30 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.
- Includes Links to Full-Text Articles where available.
UpToDate
- An Evidence-Based, Clinical Decision Support Resource.
- Authored by Physicians to help Healthcare Practitioners make the best decisions at the Point-of-Care.
- Available as an app.
Access Policy for UpToDate
On-Campus Access: Associated/Affiliated/Volunteer Faculty, Residents, UCF Students, and the General Public can access UpToDate in the Health Sciences Library during business hours. The Health Sciences Library hours are from 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.
Off-Campus and Mobile Access: Off-campus or mobile access to UpToDate is strictly limited to current College of Medicine, full-time teaching faculty, and medical students. If you are not a current, full-time medical student or teaching faculty, you cannot access UpToDate off-campus or from a mobile device.
If you have any questions regarding the UpToDate Access Policy or are experiencing issues accessing UpToDate, please contact the Health Sciences Library.

Websites

American Academy of Neurology
The largest professional organization of neurologists in North America. Expert panels often review important clinical topics that are summarized in practice recommendations.
Neuromuscular Disease Center
Dr. Alan Pestronk’s neuromuscular disease web page is an excellent resource to learn more about disorders affecting the peripheral nervous system.

Apps

A list of Apps suggested for student use in the MDC 7800 Clerkship module.

DynaMedex App
- Mobile access to DynaMedex content.
- Features offline content access, topic bookmarking, and topic notations.
- For installation instructions, please click here.
Epocrates App
- Epocrates provides drug information, interaction check, pill ID, clinical practice guidelines, formulary, athenaText, tables, and calculators.
- Epocrates Plus provides access to all the free content plus disease information, alternative medicine, ICD-10 and CPT codes, infectious disease treatment, and labs.
- Epocrates Plus is available to medical students. Follow these directions to get Epocrates Plus. You will need a medical education number. Click here to find/get your ME number or call the AMA Member Service Center at 800-262-3211. It's available Monday through Friday from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM CST.
Medscape App
- 8,500+ drugs, herbals, and supplements along with 6,200+ Reference articles for decision-making support
- Clinical tools: point-of-care drug and disease information, drug interaction checker, and pill identifier
- Free Medscape account required for app
mobilePDR
- mobilePDR® is the OFFICIAL drug information app from PDR®
- mobilePDR allows: Quick drug lookup, Drug comparison by left-right swipe, Drug interaction checker, Pill identifier, and more
- Registration for a free account is required
UpToDate App
- An Evidence-Based, Clinical Decision Support Resource App.
- The mobile version of the UpToDate database.
Access Policy for UpToDate App
Off-campus or mobile access to UpToDate is strictly limited to current UCF College of Medicine, full-time teaching faculty, and medical students. If you are not a current, full-time medical student or teaching faculty, you cannot access UpToDate off-campus or from a mobile device.
If you have any questions regarding the UpToDate Access Policy or are experiencing issues accessing UpToDate, please contact the Health Sciences Library.
Access by McGraw Hill App
- This app is for the Access suite of products. The Health Sciences Library subscribes to AccessMedicine, JAMAevidence, Case Files Collection, and Pharmacotherapy Principles & Practice.
- A My Access account is required for the mobile app; Click here to create an account.

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MDC 7800 Neurology: Databases, Apps, & Websites

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