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1 introductory guide Reference Books Journals MEDLINE Practice Guidelines Drug Information Personalized Updates Journal Summaries Patient Handouts CME Student Union POCKET Consult mdconsult.com

2 welcome WELCOME TO MD CONSULT Navigating MD Consult Searching MD Consult Reference Books... 6 Journal Search / MEDLINE... 7 Drug Information... 8 Patient Education... 9 News This Week in Medicine What Patients are Reading In This Week s Journals Current Practice Practice Guidelines Clinical Insights Clinical Topics Tours Learning Center CME Student Union My Folder POCKET Consult MD Consult Clinical Knowledge System FIRST Consult Service Information Notes WHAT YOU NEED & WHAT YOU GET What You Need All you need to start using MD Consult is Internet access and a web browser. Check with your librarian or administrator to learn how to open your own account. QUESTIONS? Just call MD Consult From 7:30 am 7:00 pm CST. Services & Content Available to You MD Consult offers several different editions as well as a number of add-on specialty content collections. Check with your librarian or administrator to learn which edition(s) and collection(s) are available to you. Inside MD Consult you ll find a rich collection of clinical content: Leading Medical Reference Texts Full-text Articles of Premier Journals MEDLINE and Other Databases Peer-reviewed Clinical Practice Guidelines Daily Medical News Tools for Your PDA CME Customizable Patient Handouts, and more Record Your Password Information: User Name: Password:

3 MD Consult is a remarkable achievement. Stephen Hayden, MD NAVIGATING MD CONSULT Jump to any area by clicking on a tab to display its options. Select views within a service area. Click to collapse the section. Preview and print the page. Click to expand the section. Click text to display. 2 3

4 MD Consult helps you quickly answer clinical questions. SEARCHING MD CONSULT Open the advanced search form. Enter terms for a global search. Fibromyalgia Return to your search results any time. Save querys for future use. Enter or refine your search terms. Select search options. 4 5

5 Books REFERENCE BOOKS Consult the most-respected medical reference works, integrated for easy access and searching. Journals JOURNAL SEARCH (WITH MEDLINE) Search MEDLINE and other databases to retrieve full-text articles from premier journals. Click thumbnail image to enlarge. Search all books simultaneously. Enter terms to search. Use search options to refine your query. Click to display abstract or fulltext of an article. Click last search to view results list. Search for similar articles. Find topics using the Table of Contents or Index. Jump to any section of the article. 6 7

6 Drugs DRUG INFORMATION Check prescribing information from the leading independent drug reference, covering more than 22,000 medications. Patient Handouts EDUCATIONAL HANDOUTS Support patient relationships with clear, customized handouts. Search by drug name, indication or class. Your changes are saved for later use. Printed handouts include your contact information and special instructions. Customize any handout by adding your own comments or instructions. Drug updates includes FDA alerts, newly approved indications, and other breaking information. 8 9

7 News THIS WEEK IN MEDICINE Stay abreast of the latest developments in your field, updated daily. IN THIS WEEK S JOURNALS Scan the current contents of influential journals. WHAT PATIENTS ARE READING Browse the current contents of key journals on a single page. Clinical summaries highlight recent findings, announcements, conferences, and other developments. Scan topics pulled from magazine, newspaper, and television coverage. Selected articles are summarized for quick review and includes a variety of related information sources for further review

8 Current Practice PRACTICE GUIDELINES Reference the peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelines of medical societies and government agencies. Lets me track daily advances in my field. David Hoffman, MD CLINICAL INSIGHTS This area features Clinical Cornerstone and Free CME, along with Patient Safety and Practice Management Articles, Reviews, Original Articles, from the MD Consult Specialty Services, and the Case of the Week. Display guidelines by Topic, Specialty or Authoring Organization. Complete, full-text guidelines are provided and regularly updated. CLINICAL TOPICS TOURS Search to find guidelines on specific topic. Topics provide a concise review of current thinking, frequently updated

9 Learning Center CME CENTER Earn Category 1 CME credit online through interactive Grand Rounds presentations. My Folder Your personal place to organize bookmarks and to save searches within MD Consult. You can bookmark documents and save searches to make it easier to find key information the next time you need it. To make it even easier, you can name your bookmarks and searches and place them in a hierarchy of folders (like a tree). You might organize your Folder to help with research projects, study notes, patient discharge information, or any number of activities. Also included are search alerts that notify you daily, weekly, or monthly about specific articles or news stories for your specified searches. STUDENT UNION Student Union is the place where you will find information specific to your medical education experience, including a clerkship survival guide, practice case studies, and step-by-step procedure instructions

10 Pocket Consult puts current medical news, drug updates, and journal abstracts on your hand held device each time you hot-sync. Plus you receive Mosby s Drug Consult, a drug-interaction tool, 20 free medical calculators, and the ability to store, record, and initiate searches of MD Consult from the PDA. This Week s Journals Journal Abstracts to your PDA MDC Drug Updates Weekly drug updates including important drug alerts. Search Capture information needs on your PDA, then retrieve information from MD Consult. Simply tap in a search term anytime. When you hot sync, your searches are uploaded to MD Consult where you can view search results. Installation and Personalization Download and install Pocket Consult right from MD Consult. Just click on the "My PDA" tab to be guided through the brief installation process. Then personalize to download the information you want on your PDA. MDC News Daily updates on the latest findings and developments in medical news. Mosby s Drug Consult and Drug Interaction Tool Provides convenient access to the most current, unbiased, accurate, and reliable drug information available! 16 17

11 MD Consult Clinical Knowledge System SPECIALTY EDITIONS MD Consult offers a wealth of clinical resources in a modular format designed to work independently or together. The complete Clinical Knowledge System includes general interest and specialty focused Service Editions, add-on content available through MDC Choice, and a range of Works with MD Consult products that extend and interconnect the service. MD Consult Specialty Editions offers deep content resources within a focused specialty area. Attuned to specialist needs, these editions also include additional features such as clinical trials databases, expert commentary and original articles from renowned editorial board members. May be combined with the Core Edition or other Specialty Editions. MD Consult Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine MD Consult Infectious Disease MD Consult Pain Medicine "Works With" Products MDC CHOICE MD Consult Choice Collections and la carte books enhance any Service Edition with additional content targeted to practitioner needs. MDC Choice offers a range of additional books which integrate seamlessly with any MDC Service Edition. Collections and a la carte books are available in the following specialties: Cardiology (a la carte item) Dental Emergency Medicine Infectious Disease Neurology OB/GYN Oncology Pain Medicine Pediatrics Pulmonary Surgery Ask your librarian or administrator about getting access to these resources

12 WORKS WITH MD CONSULT FIRST Consult is a revolutionary web and PDA based clinical information system that provides continuously updated, evidence-based guidance on the latest in patient evaluation, diagnosis and management all written and designed for rapid access at the point of care. It is available via the desktop and handheld. FIRST Consult offers tools for differential diagnosis, evaluation and management of medical conditions, patient education and procedure skills review. FIRST Consult gives you instant access to 350 condition-specific files, with information on more than 750 drugs and other therapies Clinical findings and features of over 1,500 diagnoses-presented by chief complaint and organized by age and prevalence Over 300 patient information sheets in Q&A format Reference Centers that cover clinical topics that are broader than the disease-specific Medical Condition files Over 30 Procedure Files that provide systematic guidance on surgical and diagnostic procedures commonly performed in a primary care setting Customers who subscribe to both FIRSTConsult and MD Consult will find links from FIRSTConsult to MD Consult giving them access to a broad range of clinical reference resources. Ask your librarian or administrator about getting access to FIRSTConsult

13 Service Information About Us MD Consult is a family of online services providing the most trusted clinical content to physicians. A division of the world-leading medical publisher, Elsevier, MD Consult integrates content from over 50 organizations. Today, MD Consult serves over 285,000 users under paid subscription plans at more than 1,700 institutions, including more than 90% of US medical schools. Getting Help Click the Help button for complete instructions on how to use any MD Consult feature. Call us at weekdays between 7:30 am 7:00 pm CST to speak to one of our Customer Service Assistants. us anytime at mdc.customerservice@elsevier.com

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