Clinical Medicine: Case-Based Learning/EBM Pre-Clerkship Resources

Critical Appraisal

Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) Checklists
Critical appraisal checklists for randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, qualitative studies, cohort studies, case control studies, cross-sectional studies, diagnostic studies, and clinical prediction rules.

Users' Guides to the Medical Literature
Explains how to appraise therapy, harm, diagnosis, and prognosis studies.
Ebook
Print book (USask Library). Print book (RGH Library).
Clinical Epidemiology by Grant S. Fletcher
ISBN: 9781975109554

Explains the principles of evidence-based medicine that will help students develop and apply methods of clinical observation in order to form accurate conclusions.
Ebook.
Print book (USask Library). Print book (RGH Library).

Drug Resources

CPS (formerly RxTx)
Contains Health Canada-approved product monographs as well as information on public drug plans (links to formularies, criteria, and forms for government drug plans), new safety information, and drug costs.

Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and walk-in users, for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.
RxFiles: Objective Comparisons for Optimal Drug Therapy
An academic service offering objective, comparative drug information for healthcare professionals.

Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and walk-in users, for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.
UpToDate Lexidrug
Drug information database providing dosage, brand/generic names, interactions and more.

Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and walk-in users, for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.

Physical Exam Resources

Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking
Ebook.
Print book (USask Library). Print book (RGH Library).

Bates Visual Guide to Physical Examination

Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and walk-in users, for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.

The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis by David L. Simel; Drummond Rennie
Ebook.
Print book.

MEDLINE

MEDLINE (via Ovid)

Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and walk-in users, for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.

Point of Care

DynaMed
Contains concise summaries and detailed recommendations based on the most current evidence.

Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and walk-in users, for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and international copyright law.

The SHA Library also provides access to BMJ Best Practice, PEPID, and TRIP Pro. If you are a student, resident, or faculty member from the College of Medicine, you are eligible for access.

Radiology

Understanding Diagnostic Imaging Fundamentals
An open textbook for undergraduate medical education. Written by Brent Burbridge, Department of Medical Imaging, University of Saskatchewan

Writing

Writing Help
Information on grammar, punctuation, English as an Additional Language and more from USask Writing Help.