Cutting into AccessSurgery
AccessSurgery is an online resource intended for medical students, surgical residents, and practicing surgeons. It is built around the ACGME’s (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) mandate for a core curriculum and is divided into 7 sections plus an easy-to-use A-Z index:
• Core Curriculum: presents organized information on topics that are part of the core curriculum for residents in general surgery. Topics include cardiothoracic and plastic surgery, general surgical skills, and more.
• Procedures/Operations: diagrams various surgeries and includes images that can be saved to “My Saved Images” for later referral, with a free personal account.
• Textbooks: includes such titles as "Zollinger’s Atlas of Surgical Operations", "Schwartz’s Principles of Surgery", "Current Surgical Diagnosis & Treatment", and more.
• Videos: content varies from slideshows with diagrams to actual operating room footage, depending on the topic. Each month new videos from the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons are posted. Videos may be viewed on an iPod or with Flash Player on a computer.
• Board Review: offers customizable tests and the ability to track your personal progress over time with a free personal account. A "question of the day" is also featured.
• Drugs: uses text from Gold Standard, Inc which is the same material included in the database Clinical Pharmacology.
• Differential Diagnosis (DDX): presents lists of symptoms or diseases which link directly to differential diagnosis information. For additional information DDX also provides connections to a companion resource AccessMedicine and the National Guideline Clearinghouse.
To use AccessSurgery, type "AccessSurgery" into the search.HSLS box on the HSLS home page. Cutting through your topic to find an answer was never easier!
--Michele Klein-Fedyshin
