WHSL e-Resources in Health Care: Mobile

Useful learning tool

Login with your My Best Practice login You create this on the Best Practice site using a Wits-networked device.
PLEASE NOTE: Remote access rights are granted for the remaining duration of the institutional subscription, or for six months (whichever period is shorter). To renew your access, login to My Best Practice.

Powerful tool for counselling patients on diet and exercise

ClinicalKey is a clinical search engine from Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services. When every second counts, ClinicalKey knows what clinicians need: fast answers built on trusted evidence.

The Cochrane Library is a collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making.

Store and share files online with your mobile device

medication guide. . Set up your own medicine records, look for details about drugs, but remember it is a US app.

Android and iOS smartphones and tablets are auto-detected and automatically directed to the mobile EBSCOhost website, but this is not available for iPads

Essential drug information for health care professionals

Online publication for medical professionals, patients, and analysts interested in mobile medical technology and health care apps.

For iPad

This is the most popular app used in US for clinical information, and it is free.

You will be automatically redirected to m.psychiatryonline.com when visiting the main PsychiatryOnline.com site from a wireless-enabled mobile device.
First create a “My PsychiatryOnline” account at PsychiatryOnline from a Wits desktop. Click the “My PsychiatryOnline” link from the homepage, and follow the instructions for creating an account. Your “My PsychiatryOnline” username and password will then give you access to the mobile site.When you want to use PsychiatryOnline on your Mobile go to m.psychiatryonline.com.

Search PubMed with screens designed for mobile devices.Works on all Handheld devices

This is one of many PubMed apps. It does not have the full PudMed functionality, but works for quick searches.

Test your radiology knowledge

For iPad

This is a quiz, and learning tool. Check your knowlegde of anatomy

STAT!Ref Mobile App allows you to access your institution’s STAT!Ref subscription from your Android™ device. It includes e-books and ACP Smart Medicine. This has been bought by the library, so you need to register on a Wits PC on the STAT!Ref database before you can use this.

For all the Thieme e-books. First download ipublish central reader

TRIP (originally Turning Research Into Practice) has long been established as the premier free search engine for evidence-based practice. The App is easy to use, and you can log in to your personal TRIP account (or set one up if you have not already done so). Currently (February 2019) only available for Apple devices.

UpToDate, the evidence-based clinical decision support resource from Wolters Kluwer, is trusted at the point of care by clinicians worldwide.

First create a “My PsychiatryOnline” account at PsychiatryOnline from a Wits desktop.

Full catalogue functionality on your mobile device.