Information Skills for Health

Dynamed is an evidence-based, point of care, clinical reference tool. You can access all the features of Dynamed on the go via the Dynamed App. Download the Dynamed App Download the free Dynamed App from the iTunes Store or Google Play. Log in to Dynamed Click on the mobile link from the Dynamed toolbar Screen-shot of the Dynamed toolbar Enter your email address Screen-shot of the App request form An authentication key will be emailed to you. Open the Dynamed email from your device. Within 48 hours, tap on the link in the email to authenticate the app. Note: after 48 hours, users will need to request a new authentication key. Your device is ready to go! For more help using Dynamed try our short etutorial Dynamed is available to UHNM Athens users.

You can get Dynamed topic updates sent to your inbox – you’ll get the latest evidence updates that are added to Dynamed. You’ll only get an email when there is new content added. Get Alerts On the topic page you are interested in, click the Alert icon and enter your email address. You will receive an email asking you to confirm your alert request. Complete the instructions given in the email. Screen-shot of Dynamed Alert You can view all Dynamed updates by selecting “Recent Updates” on the toolbar. You can then limit the results by category and practice changing updates only. To receive these updates by email, select the Alert icon and follow the instructions. Screen-shot of Dynamed Updates For more help using Dynamed try our short etutorial .  Dynamed is available to UHNM Athens users.

Dynamed is an evidence-based, point-of-care reference tool. It is available to UHNM staff only. Saving & Sharing Topic Pages You can save a permanent link to a topic page. You can then keep this for your own references, or CPD evidence. You can also send to other colleagues to share content for discussion (note that you colleagues will need to be able to access Dynamed as well). Screen-shot of permalink option

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Dynamed is an evidence-based, point-of-care reference tool. It is available to UHNM staff only. Evidence is assessed and critically appraised in order to develop topic pages detailing the information you need to answer clinical queries. Previous blog entries have explained how you can access Dynamed and perform searches. Viewing Topic Pages The topic pages are split up into sections. You can use the left-hand content list to jump to the section you need. Click the section heading or the section arrow to open the section and view the full-text. You can also use the “Expand All” and “Collapse All” options to open or close all sections. Screen-shot of the full-text You can search the topic page for text. Enter your text into the search box on the topic page and click search. The text you are looking for will be highlighted within the topic page. Screen-shot of a search content example

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Dynamed is an evidence-based, point-of-care reference tool to help you to deal with clinical questions as they arise in practice. It is available to UHNM staff only. Search To search Dynamed type your search terms into the text box. Suggestions from the Dynamed topics will appear. You can select one of the terms in the list or carry on with your own text and then click search to view your results. Screen-shot of an example Dynamed search You are then presented with your search results. Screen-shot of example search results View Content Preview From your results list you can preview the content sections by hovering your mouse over the topic heading. Screen-shot of sections preview You can preview the sub-sections by clicking the “+” box. Screen-shot of sub-sections preview View Content Full-Text Click the topic heading or section heading to go to the full-text. Screen-shot of full-text You can find more help on searching in Dynamed

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Dynamed is an evidence-based, point-of-care reference tool to help you to deal with clinical questions as they arise in practice. It is available to UHNM staff only. Login You will need your UHNM Athens account to login to Dynamed. Go to our Healthcare Resources page , click the Dynamed option and login when prompted. Screen-shot of the Healthcare Resources page Dynamed has a very simple search interface. Screen-shot of the Dynamed search interface Browse You can browse through the A-Z of conditions, by selecting a letter from the A-Z. To view a topic simply click the title. Screen-shot of the Categories list Search To search Dynamed type your search terms into the text box. Suggestions will appear, you can use these or carry on with your own terms. Screen-shot of the search screen You are then presented with your search results. Click the titles to view the full-text of the article about the topic.

Dynamed is an evidence-based, point-of-care reference tool to help you to deal with clinical questions as they arise in practice. It is available to UHNM staff only via their NHS Athens username. It includes: Simple search interface List of categories Topic pages providing evidence-based diagnosis, treatment, complications, prevention and screening etc. Guidelines References Alerts Mobile App Dynamed is updated on a regular basis: Speed of updating online evidence based point of care summaries: prospective cohort analysis (Banzi et al, 2011, BMJ) For more help check out our short etutorial Using Dynamed to get going.