Clinical Medicine Resources

With medical students beginning their intern year this is a good time to look at a selection of clinical resources available from RCSI library.

RCSI library has access to a number of resources which will be useful during your intern year. All of these resources can be accessed through the library website at www.rcsi.ie/library 

• UpToDate: UpToDate is a comprehensive health resource which provides answers to clinical questions quickly and easily at the point of care. UpToDate is updated regularly and is peer reviewed; a particularly useful feature is the summary and recommendations section of each topic which synthesises information and provides practical information regarding treatment.

• ClinicalKey: ClinicalKey is an advanced online search tool aimed at clinicians, researchers, academics and students which contained all of Elsevier's medical and surgical content. The content includes over 500 electronic books some of which are core undergraduate texts and over 900 journals as well as millions of copyright cleared images.

Download the UpToDate app, UpToDate Anywhere, to get access from your mobile phone or  tablet; the app is available for Android, Apple & Windows 8 devices. You can find UpToDate in the 'Find Clinical Summaries' section of the library website.

Ebooks of particular interest in ClinicalKey may be the 'Current Diagnosis and Treatment'  series which includes topics such as cardiology, emergency medicine, pediatrics, Otolaryngology and more. Just search clinical key and use the search menu to limit to books. 

ClinicalKey also includes over 9,000 procedural videos; to view these search for your topic and limit the source type to video.

                         

        Other ebooks

• Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine: The standard in internal medicine texts. Available as an ebook; just search the RCSI library catalogue and click the 'electronic book' link.

• Clinical neuroanatomy: A text that has been a vital resource for trainees, doctors and clinicians in practice in gaining an understanding of neuroanatomy, its functional underpinnings and its relationship to the clinic for over 70 years. Again, search the library catalogue and click the link.

        Print Books

• The ICU Book (Marino, Paul L. 2014): A key text in critical care (available in Beaumont library at 616.028 MARI) 

• Pocket Medicine (Sabatine, Marc S. 2014): Handy, pocket sized reference text that addresses commonly encountered diseases and guides the reader from diagnosis to management (available in Beaumont library at 616 SABA)

•  House of God (Shem, Samuel. 2003): Not a clinical resource but a classic novel of life as  a medical intern. Definitely worth a read (Available in Mercer library at 823 SHEM)

          If you have any questions about the above, or any other, resources please contact the library at             library@rcsi.ie or ask in person in Beaumont or Mercer libraries.

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