DynaMed is a new clinical decision making tool available at UAB.  It was jointly acquired by the UAB Health System and Lister Hill Library and is available on and off campus.

The DynaMed interface is clean and easy to use.

Search or browse for your topic to receive short summaries with links to available evidence.  DynaMed employes a 7 step evidence based methodology to rate information.  They assign one of three levels of evidence.

DynaMed is available on your mobile device as well.  The set up is a bit tricky though, we have instructions posted to help.  Give DynaMed a try and let us know what you think.

ClinicalKey is a multifaceted clinical information platform that supports research, learning, and point of care decision making.  The search engine, designed as a clinical insight tool used to discover the most relevant medical content, allows for intuitive searching  through controlled medical taxonomy.  ClinicalKey contains expert opinion content as well as the FirstConsult mobile application containing evidence-based information.  ClinicalKey is marketed as a replacement for the aging MD Consult platform, and includes more content and a faster speed-to-answer retrieval.

Lister Hill Library is soliciting anonymous feedback from our health professionals and students on the usefulness of ClinicalKey.   Please fill out a short survey on your experience.

The trial ends Monday, July 2, 2012.

Following the methods of Urban Sketchers, your task is to sketch your favorite library spot! The rules are simple:

• Your sketch has to be of somewhere in or about a library. It doesn’t have to be of LHL, but of course we are partial to LHL.
• You have to be a current UAB student, faculty, or staff.
• This is a sketch so it can be as simple or as elaborate as you would like. It can be on a sticky note, coffee cup, old receipt, sketch paper, or whatever you have handy.
• We’ll post your picture to our Web site but you still own it.
• Send a scan or photo of your sketch to Lisa at lennis@uab.edu or bring it by the library and she’ll digitize it for you. Ask for Lisa at the HUB or drop your sketch and contact info off (don’t worry, your sketch will be returned to you).

We will draw for a winner on July 2!

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is currently trialing DynaMed, a desktop and mobile decision-making  point-of-care tool, to assist health professionals with clinical care. To download and access DynaMed on a mobile device during the trial, please contact LHL Associate Director for Content Management by email or 205-934-2460 to obtain a DynaMed serial number.

The UAB Health System is soliciting anonymous feedback from our health professionals and students on the usefulness of the DynaMed product. Please fill out a short survey on your experience. The trial ends Friday, June 8, 2012. The DynaMed mobile application will not work once the trial concludes.

If you have questions regarding this trial, please contact LHL Associate Director for Content Management by email or 205-934-2460.