This Library Guide is designed to primarily support the College of Medicine Curriculum. You will also be able to easily access resources from both the Mt. Pleasant and Saginaw libraries for the CMU College of Medicine!URL:https://libguides.cmich.edu/CMEDlibraries
Several of our medical resources have separate logins depending on your location.
If you have a CMU Global ID and password, please use the CMU options from the links below.
If you are affiliated with Covenant HealthCare or Ascension St. Mary's and do not have a Global ID, please use the Knowledge Services options from the links below.
Freely available or open access resources require no logins and can be accessed from the links below.
American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. Access to the Beers documents requires registration for a Non-Member account.
CURRENT Practice Guidelines in Primary Care 2018Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Guidelines and recommendations for the most common outpatient conditions - from sources you can trust! *The most current disease screening, prevention, and management recommendations at your fingertips *Consolidates information from nationally recognized government agencies, medical and scientific organizations, and expert panels into concise, easy-to-apply guidelines *Covers primary care topics in both the ambulatory and hospital settings *Carefully selected for relevance to everyday practice *The perfect balance between brevity and clinical necessity - exactly the amount of information a busy clinician needs - no more, no less *Spans all areas of general medicine *Website addresses for U.S. government agencies and professional societies *Updated evidence-based content
Call Number: RC55 .E74 2018 (Main)
Family Practice Guidelines (4th edition)This bible of family practice for primary care students and clinicians provides current national practice guidelines for professional standards of care across the life span. Concise and clearly organized, the resource features detailed, step-by-step instructions for physical examinations and diagnostic testing in the outpatient setting, information on health promotion, care guidelines, dietary information, information on culturally responsive care, patient resources, and abundant patient education handouts. This fourth edition is updated to include new evidence-based guidelines for rheumatology, public health (featuring updated information on substance abuse, violence, obesity, homelessness, and lesbian health), the sports physical exam and interventions, endocrinology, new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for health maintenance, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) assessment and management, restless legs syndrome, sexual dysfunction treatment, and psychiatric disorders. Several new and updated Patient Teaching Guides--with printable education points--add to the book's outstanding utility as a thorough and reliable clinical resource. Each of the 268 diagnoses includes defi nition, incidence, pathogenesis, predisposing factors, common complaints, signs/symptoms, subjective data, physical exam and diagnostic tests, differential diagnosis, and a care plan. New to the Fourth Edition: New and updated guidelines for: - Rheumatology: polymyalgia rheumatica, Sj gren's syndrome, psoriatic arthropathy, pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate), ankylosing spondolitis, reactive arthritis, Raynaud's syndrome - Public Health: substance abuse, violence, obesity, homelessness, lesbian health - Sports Exam: assessment and treatment - CDC recommendations: vaccine and cancer screening - Endocrinology: diabetes management and new Food and Drug Administration-approved medications - The latest ACC & AHA Guidelines for Hypertension (2017) - Neurology: PTSD and restless legs syndrome management - Sexual dysfunction - Bipolar and other behavioral health disorders New and updated Patient Teaching Guides Key Features: Presents information for 268 disorders in consistent format for ease of useHighlights key considerations with Practice PointersProvides individual care points for pediatric, pregnant, and geriatric patientsIncludes 138 printable Patient Teaching GuidesOffers 18 procedure guidelines and routine health maintenance guidelines