Finding the Information

Christine Kulstad, MD

ACMC July, 2010

Faculty Disclosure

I do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) with any commercial interest(s).

On a 2p back shift

18 y/o patient with Bell’s palsySteroids?Acyclovir?Duration of illness?

Where are the answers?

Complete literature review The 1991 Tintinalli propping up your

keyboard Is Elise working?

4 S’s of evidence

Systems Synopses Syntheses Studies

Synopses

UpToDateUpdated at least quaterly (check date at top)Evidence now gradedNot available through portal$495/year

Patient #2

Hit over head with beer bottleClean and repair

With betadine? Sterile saline bottle with holes in cap? Stick head under faucet?

www.bestbets.org

Gotta give a lecture

More than brief review Moving from synopses to syntheses

Not study level

Unless Harwood asks a question

Manuscript writing

Paper, chapter, or case report

Studies level

An expert in the field

Advanced PubMed

Can combine terms with AND, OR, exclude with NOT

Cat infection searches for “cat infection” You will not find cat scratch disease You will find rabies

Type cat AND infection

Advanced PubMed

Can nest termsAntibiotics to prevent infection in dogs and cat

bites Infection AND bite AND (dog or cat)

eTBlast

Time to write

Reference as you write using EndNote

Open while using Microsoft Word

Zotero.org

If you use Firefox, it’s a free download Can track article, books, web pages