This document discusses medical literature retrieval and provides tips for searching the medical literature. It contains the following key points: 1. Medical literature refers to articles in journals and text in textbooks focused on medicine. It is important for doctors to stay up to date on the large amount of new information added each year. 2. When deciding whether to use a journal article or textbook, considerations include whether wanting an overview, historical research, or multiple opinions in one place. Textbooks provide comprehensive discussions while journal articles focus on narrow, recent topics. 3. An effective literature search involves forming a clear search question and search terms based on population/problem, intervention, comparison, and outcome (PICO). Relevant databases and

1. Medical Literature Retrieval
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2. Curriculum Vitae
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3. Sir Isaac Newton
“If I have seen further than others,
it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants”
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4. Rapidly Developing Medical Data Facts
Doctors need to stay current on 10,000 diseases, 3,000 medications, 1,100 lab tests and
400,000 articles added to the biomedical literature each year
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5. C. Sidney Burwell
Former Dean of Havard Medical School
“My Student are dismayed
when I say to them,
Half of what you are
taught as medical student
will in ten years have
been shown to be wrong,
and the trouble is, none of
your teachers knows
which half”
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6. Medical Literature
Refers to:
Article in Journal1 Text in Textbook2
which is devoted in the field of medicine

7. Medical Journal
Publications or general articles in which the medical community shares information together
Original Articles Review Articles Case Report
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8. Medical Textbook
Many textbooks are found every medical specialty
contain comprehensive discussion on all
diseases and their diagnosis, therapy and
prognosis.
The first textbook to
utilize experts to write
specific chapters within
the book was the Cecil
Textbook of Medicine
edited by Russell Cecil,
MD in 1927
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9. When You Need?
Journal article or Text book
1. You need a broad overview
2. Your research topic is historical
3. You want several opinions from one
place
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Article
Text
1. Your topic is very recent
2. Your research topic is very narrow in
scope

10. Literature Search
Why search?
Right
Path
To the
Right Reference
For writing thesis,
review, journals,
reports
For working as a
research assistant
For finding funding
proposal or grant
application
For academic work as a
faculty member
For working as a
professional researcher
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11. Overall Structure of Searching
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Board Search Question
Specific search results
Relevant
search results
Your specific search results

12. Scientific DatabaseMedical Database

13. PICO !
Population, Patient, Problem
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome, Expectation
Search Strategy
Search Terms
Search Strategy

14. http://pubmedhh.nlm.nih.gov/nlmd/pico/piconew.php

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18. http://www.sciencedirect.com.sci-hub.io/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
http://gen.lib.rus.ec (Text Books)
http://booksmedicos.org (Text Books)
http://link.springer.com.sci-hub.io (Journals
and Text books)
http://sci-hub.io (must have DOI)
Medical Database

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20. Searching Your Vision !
Do Your Passion !
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Don’t waste your time
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21. Think Different
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22. The Kaizen Principle
Three basic principles to continous improvement

23. Do Spontanity
there is no compulsion
Mood
+
Inspiration or Event
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24. Never Losing Start
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25. Each Work Has Taker
Our work
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To the right
Taker

27. Think Out
The Box ?
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28. Make Team
Together everyone achieve more
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