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HOW TO ACCESS‘BMJ BEST PRACTICE’ DATABASES
1) From PPUKM Library portal (http://lib.hukm.ukm.my)
2) Click URL : http://bestpractice.bmj.com
Key Features:
• Clinical decision support Tool• Structured around the patient consultation• Advice on symptom evaluation, treatment approach and
test ordering• International perspective, customisable for local needs• Integrated evidence from Clinical Evidence• Critical prescribing information with links to Martindale• Patient support leaflets• Remote Access and Mobile Phone Access
What’s in Best Practice?
Condition Overview
Prevention
Diagnosis
Treatment
Clinical Evidence
Follow-up
Three Key Monograph Types
• Condition Monograph– Provides comprehensive information on a specific
condition or group of conditions
Three Key Monograph Types
• Assessment Monograph– How to evaluate a symptom (e.g., chronic cough)– Clinical finding (e.g., peripheral oedema)– Diagnostic test finding (e.g., metabolic acidosis)
Clinical Question:
A 70-year-old man is discovered by a family member to have difficulty speaking and extreme balance difficulty.
The family member brings him to you in the Emergency Ward.
He was last known to be fully functional 1 hour ago when the family member spoke to him by phone. There is a history of treated hypertension and diabetes.
How should you proceed with assessing and managing this patient?
Personalisation Features
• Adding notes• Bookmark pages that you regularly refer to• Add to your BMJ Learning plan
BMJ Best Practice Remote and Mobile Phone Access
• Use BMJ Best Practice Anywhere and on your mobile phone
• Register for a “My Best Practice” account from within your institution IP range or through your library’s webpage
• Use your “My Best Practice” username and password to access
• Mobile phone URL: bp.bmjgroup.mobi
Start using BMJ Best Practice on your mobile phone!
http://bp.bmjgroup.mobi/
http://bp.bmjgroup.mobi/
Does Best Practice make studying easier for medical students?
• Students are using Best Practice in a number of ways; – as a reference resource, – to support revision and – as a decision-support tool
• In particular the students are finding the resource invaluable when it comes to diagnosis, and in particular the differential diagnosis of a condition.
Does Best Practice make studying easier for medical students?
• Problem-Based Learning– Professor/ Lecturer gives a medical case scenario and
asks the students to write a report on how to assess and manage the patient
• In Clinical Training– Differential diagnosis– Treatment Options and Evidence
• Exam revision– Step-by-step diagnosis and treatment– Basic information about conditions– Images to support