What is DynaMed? DynaMed is a clinical reference tool for healthcare professionals for use as an evidenced-based, point-of-care tool with clinically-organized, encyclopedic summaries on more than 3,200 medical topics
What is a Point-of-Care tool? Point-of-Care tools synthesize medical information to facilitate ease of information finding for medical practitioners.
What is Evidence-Based practice/ medicine? Evidence-Based practice weighs clinical expertise, evidence-based medical research, and patient values to make informed treatment decisions. It is widely defined as "the conscientious use of current best evidence in making decisions about patient care" (Sackett, Straus, Richardson, Rosenberg, & Haynes, 2000).
Starting your search: enter your primary topic term to quickly and easily access encyclopedic information on a subject. DynaMed can suggest alternative search terms (i.e. "see also") and corrections for misspellings.
Finding information: Within a subject's Summary page, use the "Search Within Text" box in the top-right corner to locate and/or jump to information within the entry.
Consult References. Navigate to cited articles for more information on a topic or to review the research metrics used for determining the quality of evidence.
