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Here's a list of the essential resources that you will need for the Physician Assistant program. Check the Index of Resources for a comprehensive list, or navigate through the tabs based upon your need.
- Access Medicine (McGraw Hill) This link opens in a new window
Access Medicine provides medical textbooks, cases, and study resources for medical education. Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine and CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment are included.
- Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination This link opens in a new windowVideo guide featuring head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques.
- CINAHL with Full Text This link opens in a new windowCINAHL with Full Text is an authoritative index of nursing and allied health literature. Subject headings follow the structure of MeSH and provide additional specificity, making it a great choice for searching nursing and physical therapy literature.
- DSM-5 Library This link opens in a new windowThe DSM Library provides access to the full text of the DSM-5, which is used by health professionals, social workers, and forensic and legal specialists to diagnose and classify mental disorders. Also included in the DSM Library is the Handbook of Differential Diagnosis, and DSM-5 Clinical Cases, and older ("legacy") versions of the DSM.
- DynaMed This link opens in a new windowDynaMed is a clinical decision support tool that provides current and accurate, evidence-based content covering clinical questions.
- LWW Health Library: PA Core Education This link opens in a new windowEbooks covering topics in pharmacy, medical education, and osteopathic medicine. Also offers videos about patient assessments, case documents relating to ebook content, and images.
- MEDLINE (Ovid) This link opens in a new windowCovers the literature of biomedicine, including the allied health fields and the biological and physical sciences. 1965 to the present.
- Micromedex This link opens in a new windowEvidence based clinical resources to support informed diagnosis and treatment decisions. Unbiased, referenced Clinical Decision Support (CDS) for medication, toxicology, disease, and alternative medicine. Safely and reliably manage drug therapy for pediatric and neonatal patients with NeoFax and Pediatrics evidence-based drug information. RED BOOK for drug pricing, drug data, and manufacturer information.
- PubMed This link opens in a new windowFrom the National Library of Medicine, PubMed includes MEDLINE and related databases. Over 18 million citations for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. PubMed may link to content we don't have online access to; please contact a librarian if you need assistance.
- ECRI Guidelines Trust ECRI Guidelines Trust is a publicly available online repository of objective, evidence-based clinical practice guideline content.
- Merck Manual: Professional Version This link opens in a new window Trusted, widely used comprehensive medical resource for professionals and consumers.