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Edward G. Miner Library

Med Students: Phase 1: Clinical Tools

This guide will serve as an information resource for first year medical students at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

UpToDate

Logo for Up To Date database

Comprehensive clinical support tool accessible through the app on the the web. 

Register for an UpToDate account on a computer connected to the URMC network or VPN. 

Download the free app from your usual app store and log in with the UpToDate user name and password created during the registration process.

UpToDate requires that you verify your affiliation with URMC or Highland Hospital by logging in to UpToDate from a computer connected to the URMC network at least once every 90 days.  The mobile app will notify you when you need to verify your affiliation.

Lexicomp

Lexicomp is URMC's drug database. As a point-of-care resource, users can access evidence-based content quickly via desktop or mobile device.

Information includes:

  • INTERACTIONS Analyze a patient’s entire drug and natural product profile, identify potential interactions, and obtain patient management options.
  • DRUG ID - Identify loose or unlabeled medications by searching based on imprint(s), dosage form, color(s), and/or shape. Database includes images of more than 22,000 drug products.
  • CALCULATORS - Access more than 130 medical calculators designed to assist you with drug dosing, conversions, drip rate, organ function and more in both adult and pediatric patients.
  • TRISSEL’S IV COMPATIBILITY -Determine the compatibility and stability of IV drugs in a wide variety of solutions and combinations with this tool that incorporates content from Trissel’s™ 2 Clinical Pharmaceutics Database by Lawrence A. Trissel.

Lexicomp is available to use in your browser or you can download the app. Learn more about how to download the app here. Find tutorial videos on using Lexicomp here. 

Installing Lexicomp App

App Download Directions

 Lexicomp is a comprehensive clinical drug information resource provided as part of the University of Rochester's Institutional subscription.

  • Go to Lexicomp and click on the blue button labeled Mobile Access Codes.
  • Select platform: iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad or Android.
  • If you already have a Lexicomp personal account or app installed, choose existing customer.
    If you have not created an account, choose new customer.  
  • Now login to your Lexicomp account with the username & password you just created.
  • In the Subscriptions section, Add a Subscription by Code,  type or paste the Lexicomp authorization code.  

                                                      Lexicomp Mobile App Download image

  • On your mobile device, go to app store, download Lexicomp and login with your Lexicomp login/password.
  • License agreement pops up. Accept.
  • Select Automatic Update preference: WiFi only or Wifi and Data; Tap Next.
  • Select your Library content preference: I will select the content sets to install; or Download ALL content sets for me; Tap Get Started.
  • Select content sets or tap Download ALL.
  • After the update is complete, tap the Menu button in the top right corner and tap Home.
  • Select an icon to begin accessing your Lexicomp Mobile App subscription.

BrowZine

Visible Body

Includes the Human Anatomy Atlas, Muscle Premium, Skeleton Premium, Physiology Anatomy and Heart and Circulatory Premium.

Award-winning interactive anatomy and physiology learning and visualization content available as multiples apps.  Medically accurate and visually stunning, they include hundreds of animations and scripts and a library of thousands of medical definitions in multiple languages.

Find more information about downloading the app here.