UVM Libraries Research Guides: Family Medicine: Family Medicine Quick Links

Answers to Clinical Questions

Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2021
EBM Decision Tree
EBM Tree organizes Dana Health Sciences Library's most popular clinical databases, websites, and textbooks into an easy to access format designed to make evidence in the medical literature quickly available.
Essential Evidence Plus
Password required-- request from Family Medicine department administrator

DSM-5
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, abbreviated as DSM-5, is the 2013 update to the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) classification and diagnostic tool.
Telephone Triage Protocols for Nurses by Julie Briggs
Search CATQuest
Search most of the library's online and print collections, including the catalog and article databases.

CHADS (2) Score
Child-Pugh Liver Cirrhosis Score
NCI Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool
WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool
Please note that this link takes you to the US, Caucasian calculator. You may select different features from this link if you choose.

Diagnosaurus
Diagnosaurus provides differential diagnoses (DDx) of symptoms, signs, and diseases. From McGraw-Hill AccessMedicine
FamilyDoctor.org Search by Symptom
A short list of common symptoms from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

VisualDx This link opens in a new window
Offers 50,000+ images (including dermatological) and clinical information written by scholar physicians to assist in differential diagnoses.

NLM Drug Portal
Vermont Academic Detailing Program THE VERMONT ACADEMIC DETAILING PROGRAM is a university-based prescriber education and support program. The Program is offered by the University of Vermont’s Office of Primary Care with funding from public and private sources, including the State of Vermont. The faculty objectively review clinical topics, covering the latest evidence for lifestyle changes and generic medications in addition to the latest in medication releases. This information is shared with prescribers across Vermont.

Essential Evidence Plus
Password required-- request from Family Medicine department administrator

TRiP Database
Turning Research into Practice: UK-based clinical search tool that allows searching many EBM resources simultaneously.
U.S. Preventive Service Task Force - Search for Recommendations

Scholarly Works: Medicine
UVM ScholarWorks is the Institutional Repository (IR) for the University of Vermont. The repository brings together the University's research under one umbrella, with an aim to preserve and provide open access to that research.

The full text of journal articles is often available online. Look for the button in most databases.