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AccessPediatrics Content covers pediatric practice, from neonatology through adolescent medicine. View books, procedures, videos, image library, drug database, board review resources and more.
ClinicalKey Featuring topic pages, books, journals, medical and procedural videos, millions of images, content from First Consult, and much more. Account registration required for access to book PDFs, Presentation Maker, and other features.
Mobile App Installation Instructions:
1. Create an account in ClinicalKey. You must create your account on a computer or tablet connected to the MCW network either on campus or off campus while logged into OpenAthens. Click Register in the top, right corner of the screen and fill out the form.
  1. Use your affiliated institutional email address (MCW, Froedtert, or CHW) to create your account.
  2. Activate your account through a confirmation email.
  3. Apply for Self-Managed Remote Access to view all subscribed content when off campus. See the ClinicalKey Information/FAQs guide for instructions.
2. Once you have a username and password, you can download the ClinicalKey Mobile App on your mobile device from the App Store or Google Play.
3. Launch the ClinicalKey app from your device and sign in using the username and password you created.
Please note - To maintain your free app, you will need to log in to the ClinicalKey website with your account every 180 days.
UpToDate Clinical information resource designed to provide health care professionals concise, practical answers needed at the point of care.
Mobile App Installation Instructions
1. Go to UpToDate and click Log In in the top left corner on your tablet, or Log In / Register in the top right corner on your computer.
2. Once you have your account created, download the UpToDate app on your mobile device. Links to the app can be found here.
3. Install the app and sign in using the username and password you created.
*If you already have an UpToDate account, you do NOT need to create another. Users may want to update their e-mail or username by logging in and changing them (e.g., jdoe@mcw.edu) in the Contact Information or User Name and Password section.
Red Book Provides clinically useful information on the manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of over 200 childhood infectious diseases.
VisualDx Features thousands of medical images and specialist-level knowledge to help diagnose, treat, and manage visually identifiable diseases, drug reactions, and infections. Images from VisualDx may be used in presentations.
Mobile App Installation Instructions
1. Go to VisualDx, scroll to the bottom of the page and select “Get the Mobile App.”
2. If you don't already have one, create a personal VisualDx account.
3. Once you have a username and password, download the free VisualDx Mobile app from iTunes or Google Play.
4. Launch the VisualDx app from your device and sign in using the username and password you created.
CINAHL The Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature database provides full-text access to top nursing journals, evidence-based care sheets, quick lessons and more.
Cochrane Library A collection of six databases that contain different types of high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making, and a seventh database that provides information about Cochrane groups.
Ovid MEDLINE Search journal citations and abstracts for biomedical literature. Includes links to MCW Libraries' journal subscriptions.
BrowZine Access and browse e-journals from different publishers in one simple interface. You can read articles, export article information to a citation manager, and create a customized bookshelf of journals.
Mobile App Installation Instructions:
1. Download the app.
2. Choose your library: "Medical College of Wisconsin."
3. Start searching! Search by titles of subjects. If you would like to create a personalized bookshelf, you will need to create an account in BrowZine.

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Physical Therapy Journals

Explore thousands of core medical titles, including many physical therapy journals!

Physical Therapy Resources

Archives of Physiotherapy by Italian Society of Physiotherapy
BMC Journals (Open Access Content only) (2015-01-01~present, volume:5;issue:1)
Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals (1995-11~2016-12, volume:1;issue:1~volume:26)
Physical Therapy Research by Japanese Society of Physical Therapy
Also available via PMC PubMed Central: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/3163/
Phys Ther Res: Vols. 19 to 26; 2016 to 2023
J Jpn Phys Ther Assoc: Vols. 1 to 18; 1998 to 2015
Sports Medicine and Health Science by Chengdu ti yu xue yuan
Publication Date: 2019

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals (2019-12~present, volume:1;issue:1)
Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Also available vi PMC PubMed Central: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/3669/
Vols. 63 to 69; 2017 to 2023

Physical Therapy Tools and Measures

Rehabilitation Measures Database (RMD) - Ability Lab

Database of over 400 measures used by Physical Therapists.

PT Outcome Measures Recommendations - Academy of Neurologic PT
Contains over 500 measures in physical medicine and rehabilitation.

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