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WHSL Clinical Medicine: Orthopaedic Surgery

The WHSL Clinical Medicine LibGuide is a valuable resource for students, faculty, and healthcare professionals. They offer access to various materials like textbooks, journals, databases and multimedia resources, all aimed at supporting clinical practice

What is orthopaedic surgery?

A medical specialty focused on diagnosing, treating, and preventing conditions that affect the musculoskeletal system—which includes bones, muscles, joints, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, and other connective tissues.

Databases

           Clinicalkey

           ClinicalKey supports healthcare professionals and students with the latest evidence across specialties in a variety of formats ensures that                your care teams have access to evidence-based information, so they can answer complex questions related to their patients' conditions.

               Scopus   

               Comprehensive abstract and citation database which covers a wide range of disciplines.

              Web of Science

              Platform that provides comprehensive reference and citation data from academic journals, conference proceedings, and other documents

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Lexidrug (formerly known as Lexicomp) 

Includes drug summaries, interaction check, drug ID, calculators, IV compatibility, toxicology, patient education, and more.

            Cochrane Library a highly respected collection of databases that provide high-quality, evidence-based information to support healthcare                                              decision-making

              

  •  EBSCOHost full-text databases covering a wide range of subjects
  •  Proquest comprehensive online research platform that provides access to a wide range of academic and scholarly content

Books

Orthopaedics Infographics

 Infographics are visual representations of information, data, or knowledge designed to present complex ideas quickly and clearly

Research ToolKit

SAGE RESEARCH METHODS 

  • An online platform of resources for anyone doing research or learning how to do research. Based on SAGE’s well-known research methods list, SRM provides information on:
    • Writing a research question
    • Conducting a literature review
    • Choosing a research method
    • Collecting and analyzing data, and
    • Writing up the findings
  • Designed to help you answer your methods and statistics questions, support your project or research methods course, and get more insight into all things methods
  • For all types of researchers and levels of experience
  • A mix of originally commissioned SAGE content and licensed content from other educational content providers.

Journals

 Wits Subscriptions A-Z Journals  browse thousands of journals 

                     BROWZINE browse, read, and monitor scholarly e-jou