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Karen MacDonell, PhD, MLIS
“I understand what you’re saying… I just can’t remember it when I get home.” In stressful situations, and clinical encounters are often stressful for patients, even the most attentive will miss some key information.... Read More
Two print publications that advise on the safety and risk of drugs in pregnancy and lactation are recognized as being among the leaders in the field: Drugs in pregnancy and lactation: a reference guide to fetal and... Read More
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC now provides members with access to two excellent clinical resources, MD Consult and Access Medicine (www.cpsbc.ca/library). These resources provide clinicians with access to... Read More
The term “evidence-based medicine” first appeared in the medical literature in the early 1990s. Today the concept is almost ubiquitous in clinical practice, with its attendant high expectation of improvement in outcome... Read More
This article is the opinion of the CPSBC Library and has not been peer reviewed by the BCMJ Editorial Board. Versatile and efficient smartphones, such as the Android, BlackBerry, or iPhone, are being used... Read More
Canadian resources for drug therapy information is sparse compared to the voluminous material available from the United States. The relative brevity of Canadian content listed in the Dalhousie University College of... Read More
Incorporating high-quality evidence into clinical decision making requires systematic searching, appraising, and synthesizing of the literature. Performing these complex and time-consuming tasks on a regular basis... Read More
The adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” was originally coined by an advertising executive to describe the superiority of graphics over text in product promotion. The truth of the phrase applies equally to... Read More
Access to clinical information is often best used when the physician is at the point of care. But what about the kind of learning that requires quiet contemplation? Continuing medical education at the point of... Read More
Would you like to learn how to conduct efficient and refined literature searches using evidence-based principles, compile print and electronic bibliographies, access the full text of articles, and evaluate... Read More