Resources for Residents

If you are using this resource page from home, please use ‘External’ links. If you are using this resource from within Capital Health please use the ‘Internal’ links.

Clinical Resources | Mobile Resources | Key Library Services | Professional Resources

Clinical Resources

BestPractice - User GuideInternalExternal
Clinical Evidence InternalExternal
PubMed  Internal  External
BMJ Evidence Updates  (registration required - database and e-mail alerts)  
EMBASEInternalExternal
Cochrane Library    InternalExternal
ACPs Pier  
Psychiatry Online InternalExternal
eCPS  
Univadis (registration required - free eCPS for Canadian MDs)  
The 5 Minute Clinical ConsultInternalExternal
Google Scholar  
MEDCALC 3000 (medical calculator)InternalExternal
Diagnosaurus  
Quick Answers to Medical Diagnosis and TreatmentInternalExternal
Pogofrog - (a medical search engine)  
Clinical Portal Login (Capital Health clinical portal)  

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Mobile Resources

ePocrates (Palm, BlackBerry, PocketPC, iPhone)
Micromedex (Palm and Pocket PC)
Diagnosaurus (Palm, BlackBerry, iPhone - registration required)
Harrison's Practice (iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Palm and Windows Mobile devices)
RefMobile (Palm, BlackBerry, iPhone - via mobile device only - help document)
STAT!Ref Mobile (Palm and BlackBerry - via mobile device only)
Psychiatry Online (Palm, PocketPC, BlackBerry and iPhone - via mobile device only)
WebMD (iTouch, iPhone - via mobile device only)
WISER  (Palm, BlackBerry, iPhone)
PICOmaker (PICOmaker is a free Palm OS-based application that lets users create and store queries in the PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome) format for later reference. This application is intended to assist students and clinicians with evidence based practice.) 
A-Z Free Mobile Applications for Medicine (University of Wisconsin Medical School Library - for all devices)

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Key Library Services

Interlibrary Loan (order an item online)
RefWorks
LoansomeDoc (order articles directly from PubMed!)

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Professional Resources

Canadian Association of Interns and Residents
Canadian Federation of Medical Students
Canadian Post-MD Education Registry (CAPER)
Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS)
Medical Council of Canada
PARI-MP (Professional Association of Residents in the Maritime Provinces)

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