Welcome

The purpose of this guide is to pull together Library resourcesdatabases, ebooks, tutorialsand external websites which are relevant to students in the physician assistant program.

This homepage contains key databases, announcements of new Library resources, and links to relevant Library services.

The tabs along the left link to additional pages on topics including database searching tutorials and information on citation management tools such as EndNote, among others.

Frequently Used Resources

Key Databases for Medical Research

The databases listed below are key databases for medical literature. You can find a more comprehensive list of medical and health science databases on the page here.

Clinical Resources

The following resources are an abbreviated list. Looking for more information on diagnosis, drug information, physical examination, as well as clinical guidelines? Review a more exhaustive list of our clinical resources.

UpToDate

Northeastern University Library provides access to UpToDate, the preeminent point-of-care tool. UpToDate is an evidence-based expert-authored resource which addresses specific clinical issues in the form of topic reviews. Topic reviews are written by physician experts who review and synthesize the existing literature into specific recommendations for diagnosis, management, and therapy.

Access to UpToDate requires registration with a Northeastern email address, as well as accessing via the links on the Library’s website, such as the A-Z Database list.

PANCE Prep

Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination

Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination(Opens in new window) offers more than 8 hours of video content providing head-to-toe and systems-based physical examination techniques. Includes OSCE Clinical Skills interactive videos which allow viewers to observe and participate in the clinical encounter.

Bates' User Guide(Opens in new window)

Bates' Visual Guide Video URLs(Opens in new window)

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