LibGuides: PHCY 6250: Drug Literature Evaluation: Tertiary Point of Care Tools

What are Point of Care Sources?

Point of Care refers to a type of electronic database that is available via computer, ipad or smartphone for quick reference. These are tertiary sources. Some of the sources use evidence based methodology to provide "filtered" information, meaning an expert in the field has carefully evaluated the research and provided the current best practice based on that research.

Point of Care Resources

Two additional point of care tools that are purchased by some health care institutions are Clinical Pharmacology and DynaMed. Both are high quality resources that are evidence based and current.

Clinical Pharmacology This link opens in a new window
Pharmacy reference database that allows searching for drug information, consumer drug information sheets, identify pills or capsules, product comparisons, clinical calculators, drug interactions and contact information on drug manufacturers/distributors. On the Elsevier platform.
DynaMed This link opens in a new window
Medical reference database providing summaries of scholarly literature on evidence-based medicine. On the EBSCOhost platform.
UpToDate This link opens in a new window
Medical reference database that provides evidence-based articles authored by physicians. On the Wolters Kluwer Health platform. NOTE: For use by University of Wyoming students and faculty only.