WORKING WITH PUBMED A Tutorial For the Use

WORKING WITH PUBMED A Tutorial For the Use of the Medical Database by Elora Andrews, Library Information Technician “Working with Pub. Med, a tutorial. This tutorial will show you how easy it is to use Pub. Med, in accordance with Mes. H to find the best answer for your medical question. Please start by entering the address above. ”

Using Medical Terms � � � Example – “Sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia” is the correct term for brain freeze Example – “Syncronous diaphragmatic flutter” is the correct term for a hiccup Example – Sneezing = Sternutating Example – The correct term for a stomach growl is a “borborygmi” Example – “Veisalgia” is the correct term for having a hangover “Before we get to searching, I have a few tips for you. It is always wise to use the proper medical term when searching a database. One cannot expect to type in “cancer” and come up with answers for the exact type that their patient has. Here a few examples of correct medical terminology…”

P. I. C. O. �P - Problem �I - Intervention �C - Comparison �O - Outcome “Introducing PICO, a simple search formula to help you sift through those tough queries to find results. ”

Patient asks: Will surgery be a better solution than sclerotherapy to reduce/eliminate my varicose veins? �Problem – Varicose veins �Intervention – Will surgery be a better solution �Comparison – Rather than sclerotherapy �Outcome – Reduction/Elimination “For example, a patient asks…”

“Let’s get searching. This is the webpage the address should have brought you to. ”

“Click on the scroll down arrow beside Pub. Med. From here, find and click Mes. H. ”

“Enter your first search query. For us, this is varicose veins. ”

"You will be brought to a page with topics. I am choosing the subheading ‘surgery’ because that is what the patient wants to know about in regards to varicose veins. Next, click add to search builder. Text will appear in the builder box. ”

“We will do the same thing for sclerotherapy. Type it in and search. "

“For this we will select the subheading ‘therapy’ and ‘therapeutic use’, because this is what else they want to know about varicose veins. Add this to your builder, check that the new text has appeared and click ‘search Pub. Med’. ”

“Now we are back in Pub. Med, and as you can see, our finished query is in the search bar. These are a lot of results! Let’s add a limiter to refine our search. I am going to use a clinical trial article limiter. ”

“Now we’re talking! Twenty-eight articles and the top hits look proper for this query. I’m going to check out the third article down…”

“Sweet, this article is loaded with the information I need. That was a successful search!”

Thanks for watching! “This concludes our tutorial. ”