DATABASES FOR MEDICINE

 

 

Use the following resources in your medical studies. We highly recommend the BMJ Best Practice app and toolkit!

Access Medicine

AccessMedicine provides access to a range of medical titles from the best minds in medicine. It hosts thousands of images and illustrations, study tools, case files, multimedia, and time-saving diagnostic and point-of-care tools.

Sign into MyAccess Profile is required when accessing 'Study Tools', including flashcards and other self-assessment tools. Please follow the prompts to create your free MyAccess Profile.

| eTextbooks | Drug Monographs | Flashcards | Multimedia

 

Therapeutic Guidelines (eTG)

Comprehensive coverage of most aspects of medicine and therapeutics for a range of diseases. Includes Cochrane reviews and independent information e.g. Australian Prescriber. Australian. Current (updates 3 times per year)

MIMS Online

Australia's most comprehensive and authoritative pharmaceutical database of prescription and nonprescription drugs. Now includes access to Drug Interactions. Australian.

  • Access is enabled for 4 concurrent users. If you received message "You cannot login as the maximum sessions for this account has been exceeded" try again later.

 

UpToDate

On-campus access only

Clinical decision-support tool (diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention) for point of care, combining research evidence from the journal, Clinical Evidence, with peer-reviewed expert opinion. International. Current

BMJ Best Practice Toolkit

The BMJ Best Practice toolkit includes:
• Key methods of EBM, i.e. clarifying a clinical question, designing a search, and appraising, synthesising and assessing quality of the evidence
• How to translate complex medical concepts about EBM into easy-to-understand information
• What evidence-based practice means, the challenges of its adoption, and how to find and use the best evidence.

 

Australian Medicines Handbook

An independent and up-to-date source of drug information for rational prescribing in Australia.

BMJ Best Practice

BMJ is more than just articles:
• Navigation mirrors the patient consultation.
• Be confident in your clinical decisions. BMJ Best Practice searches research and guidelines every day, using robust methodology and expert opinion to focus on the evidence that matters.
• Quickly access detailed drug information on dosing, availability, formulations, side effects and contraindications with integrated formularies.
• Make it easier for patients to make decisions with accredited, evidence-based patient leaflets.
• Stay current and ensure your ongoing professional development, with automatic CME/CPD tracking to support revalidation and appraisal.
• Online, mobile and offline access via the Best Practice app.