Introduction to the Maguire Medical Library Online and PDA Resources

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Introduction to the Maguire Medical Library
Online and PDA Resources

• Nancy Clark, M.Ed., Director of Medical
  Informatics Education
• Nadine Dexter, M.L.S., Head of Public Services
• Carolyn Klatt, M.L.I.S., Head of Technical
  Services
• Suzanne Nagy, M.S.L.S., Head of Web Services
• Barbara Shearer, M.S.L.S., Director of Medical
  Library

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Handouts

• PowerPoint slides
• Patient education document
• Assessing the validity of medical information
  document
• Assignment for the next seminar (on EBM)

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Objectives for Session

• Learners will
• Access and navigate the library web site
• Find an eBook and eJournal
• Find a patient education handout
• Search MDConsult
• Search WebFeat
• Get help online or a person

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Goals of Virtual Library

• Excellent service
• Collection relevant to curriculum research
• 90 electronic (100 for regional campuses)
• Instant, seamless access

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24/7 Access to Resources

• gt1900 medical eJournals (3 M articles)
• Hundreds of clinical eBooks
• Evidence-based medicine resources and Guidelines
• Disease, drug, images and patient education
  resources
• PDA versions of 6 web resources
• Web-based course materials
• Medical search engines
• 200 periodicals databases

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Who May Access Resources?

• All CoM faculty with appointments
• Full and part time
• All CoM students and residents
• All CoM staff
• Who cant? (legally)
• Faculty clinic staff
• Affiliated hospitals
• Alumni

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Finding the Library Web Site

• Open a web browser
• Type in URL www.med.fsu.edu
• Bottom of page, click on Library
• Bookmark site IE Favorites Menu,
  Add to Favorites

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Off Campus Access

• IP authentication
• Proxy server EZProxy
• FSU CoM ID and password
• Use links on library page

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Log into EZProxy

• Lets make sure this works
• Note the ezproxy.med.fsu.edu in the address
  line
• If you lose this, you wont access resources
  STOMP, STOMP!
• Follow links on the library page to resources
• If you lose ezproxy, go back and login again

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Navigating the Library Site
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Subscription Resources
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Use a Major Resource

• MDConsult, OVID, eMedicine, InfoRetriever.
• Contain multiple resources
• Serve multiple functions
• Each has its own interface
• Must learn each resources quirks
• Resource Descriptions - .pdf document describes
  most of the resources on the library site

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Turn off Pop-up Blocker

• Depending on web browser (Internet Explorer,
  FireFox, AOL, etc.)
• Link may be blocked
• Try CTRL button while double-click
• IE Tools menu, Popup Blocker
• Settings, always accept pop-ups from med.fsu.edu

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Find the Tutorials and User Guides
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Blog and Podcast
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Find the eBooks List

• Find a book you like in your specialty
• Open it
• Using the Table of Contents or Index find a
  chapter you need

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Searching eBookswith WebFeat

• WebFeat

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Find eJournals

• Find your favorite journal
• Find a full text article in that journal
• Print out that article

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Searching eJournals

• Pubmed searches linked to full text
• See tutorial on Pubmed searching

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Information Needs

• Organized by Topic
• Basic Science
• Specialty

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Getting Help From a Librarian

• Under Contact Information Ask a Librarian
• E-mail medlibrary_at_med.fsu.edu
• Call
• Voice 850-644-3883
• Fax [phone]
• Interlibrary loan, link on top of library page to
  form

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Resources
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Access Off-linethe PDA

• No Internet connection required
• Replaces pocket manuals
• Library quick references most relevant to patient
  care
• Latest, most current information
• Teaching tool to facilitate discussion

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FSU Licensed PDA Software

• Epocrates Essentials (149/yr)
• Rx, Sx-Differential diagnosis, Dx-5MCC, ID, LAB,
  M?-interactions, tables, CME, tools and
  calculators
• InfoRetriever (249/yr)
• 5MCC, Cochrane, InfoPOEMs, calculators,
  guidelines, ICD-9 and EM coder
• DynaMed (200/yr)
• Disease and conditions reference
• POCKETConsult (FIRSTConsult) (149/yr)
• Differential diagnosis, medical conditions
• Clinical Evidence (99/yr)
• EBM treatment recommendations
• Harrisons Practice (325/yr)
• Disease and conditions reference
• Geriatrics at Your Fingertips (30)

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Getting Help With PDA

• Nancy, Nadine, Kenneth (see contact info in
  syllabus)
• Main Campus IT HelpDesk
• Regional Campus IT support
• Regional Campus Informatics Curriculum Director

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Find PDA Resources
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Medical Informatics

• Informatics Resources
• All informatics teaching resources
• OME
• Medical Websites
• Directory of recommended medical sites
• Check out Medical Search Engines
• Links to other directories

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Find Training Resources
http//med.fsu.edu/infomratics/seminar.asp
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Incorporate Use of Library into Student Teaching

• As faculty, ask students to look up aspects of
  problems seen in clinic
• Incorporate PDA in teaching
• Look up, report, assess understanding of
  meaning/implications
• Race to find answers
• Incorporate web resources
• Bring articles on
• Guidelines on
• Find a patient ed handout on

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Finding Patient Education Handouts
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Subscription Pt Ed Resources

• MDConsult
• Clinical Reference Systems, AAFP, PDxMD
  (FirstConsult), other
• 4000 handouts
• English and Spanish
• disease, condition and drug
• images
• Patient Handouts tab
• search the collection

• Health and Wellness Resource Center
• Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.
• full-text magazines, journals, and pamphlets
• links to several pertinent Web sites,
• appropriate for use online rather than print
  materials.
• ePocrates Online
• patient education handouts for drugs
• in English and Spanish
• reading level high
• Medical Websites - Patient Education 

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Find a Handout

• Select a topic that you see frequently in your
  clinic
• Find an appropriate handout
• Customize it if you can by adding your clinics
  name
• Print it out

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MDConsult

• What is in it
• Many of our books journals
• Patient Ed materials
• Guidelines, Drug ref, First Consult.
• Find in Resource List and double-click
• Register for site and get userID and Password

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MDConsult
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MDConsult Create an Account

• Why?
• Customize Patient Handouts
• Customize news and set up email alerts
• Save searches and bookmarks
• PDA options for PocketConsult

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Customizing MDConsult Pt Ed Materials

• How? Create an account.
• Select your own username and password
• Login and click on My Account in the upper
  right
• Select the Preferences Tab
• Click on Customize Patient Handouts
• Type in your information

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Searching MDConsult

• Pick a topic a procedure, drug, disease or
  condition of interest
• Do a search of all sections
• Note how the results are organized

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Search Results

• Clinics journals contain review articles
• Click the type of resource you want
• Note how results linked to full text

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Seminar Series

• For those who intend to attend the next session
• Assignments
• Read the handouts Patient Education Materials
  and Finding and Assessing Medical Information on
  the Web
• Find 2 patient education handouts that would be
  useful in your practice
• Read article on Teaching EBM

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Individual Help Session