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Responsible Literature Searching: DynaMed

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DynaMed

DynaMed is designed to provide physicians and medical researchers with the best available evidence to support clinical decision-making.  It is available on the Library web site Quick Links or as a point-of-care tool for the Palm™ OS and Microsoft Mobile devices.

 DynaMed Quick Link

Standard framework of results DynaMed Search

  • Contains more than 2,000 disease summaries. Diseases represented in the database reflect those most commonly seen in primary care. 

  • Lists three levels of evidence based on literature addressing percentage of patience-oriented outcomes

DynaMed Strengths

  • Off-cite access

  • PDA component at no extra cost

  • Daily updates while other point-of-care tools are updated quarterly

DynaMed Cautions

  • Targeted to primary care providers

  • For those topics which have brief overviews users must go to complete references

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