Canada - ready reference
Philosophy of reference
Drugs & herbals
Medical texts
Consumer health
100
A medical dictionary is a lexicon for medical words. Three major medical dictionaries are Stedman's, Taber's and this AUTHORITATIVE DICTIONARY title....
What is Dorland's medical dictionary?
100
This is one of the cardinal rules (or "DONTs") in medical reference. It's similar to the doctor's DO NO HARM.
What is DO NOT PROVIDE ADVICE?
100
In a clinical trial involving one or more drugs, this is the most common scientific method used to evaluate the drug against a "control group".
What is the randomized controlled trial (RCT)?
100
This medical textbook is the standard one in internal medicine, and is available via the AccessMedicine platform.
What is Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine?
100
This provincial health website provides trusted health information to British Columbians.
What is HEALTHLINKBC (or BC Health Guide)?
200
In Canada, there are two organizations that lead "national public health": one is Health Canada, the other is....?
What is the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)?
200
Some reference interviews in health can involve emotions for librarian and patron, and may require the librarian to do these things to conduct a successful reference interview.
What is listen, be empathic, talk quietly, find a quiet spot?
200
These two books are definitive sources of information re: poisoning for health workers & crisis hotline workers, paramedics and students.
What is DREISBACH's and OLSON's???
200
This manual of mental disorders (classification and diagnostic tool) is in its 5th edition and is published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA)
What is the DSM5? (Or DSMV)
200
This NLM website is probably the best known & respected as a source of consumer health information.
What is MedlinePlus - Health Information from the National Library of Medicine?
300
This is a weekly digest of national & international information about communicable disease incidents. Its American equivalent is the MMWR at the US Centers for Disease Control.
What is the Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) Weekly?
300
This type of authoritative source is "consulted" or referred to rather than read from 'cover to cover'.
What is a reference book? (Or a ready reference book)?
300
Name one DRUG or CAM source from this evening's class.
What is ..........................????
300
A classic of anatomy illustration with ~5,000 illustrations covering medicine, basic science, diseases, disorders and treatments. Since 1948, ~20 million print and electronic versions have been used by students and practitioners.
What are Netter's Atlases?
300
This is a searchable directory of community resources serving the Fraser Valley, Metro Vancouver, Squamish-Lillooet and Sunshine Coast regional districts. Published by BC211, and accessible via the UBC library catalogue.
What is the RED BOOK?
400
Apart from Health Canada's drug listings, this BLUE book is considered the bible of drug lists for Canadians.
What is the Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS)?
400
Name two ways to examine the "authority" of a reference book.
Who are the authors? credentials? where do they work? who published the work, etc.
400
This "standard" source of information is based on an international research collaboration in that systematically reviews scientific evidence on CAM products and services.
What is Natural Standard?
400
The 2014 fifth edition of this text presents concepts in 45 chapters for Canadian nurses. Most nursing schools use it.
What is the Canadian fundamentals of nursing (by Potter et al)?
400
This form of medicine combines conventional and CAM treatments in a ‘whole person’ approach that has been shown to be safe and effective”.
What is INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE?
500
This well-respected directory lists almost every Canadian physician, their credentials and other biographical information.
What is the Canadian Medical Directory?
500
Without a national library of medicine in Canada, health librarians created this "virtual" library pilot from 2009-2013. The $800,000 CIHR funding ran out in 2014 and the project was abandoned.
What is the Canadian Virtual Health Library / Bibliothèque virtuelle canadienne de la santé ???
500
According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), CAM is classified into five domains. Name them....
What is: I. Whole Medical Systems (ayurveda, homeopathy, naturopathy, TCM) II. Mind-Body Medicine (meditation, praye, creative therapies) III. Biologically Based Practices (herbals, foods, vitamins and dietary supplements) IV. Manipulative and Body-Based Practices (chiropractic, osteopathic manipulation, Rolfing and massage) Energy Medicine (Qi Gong, Reiki, Therapeutic Touch) V. Bioelectromagnetic-based therapies (pulsed fields, magnetic fields and current fields)
500
For several decades, this text has been considered the definitive virology reference.
What is Field's Virology?
500
Located in New Westminster, BC this institute is Western Canada’s only naturopathic medical school.
What is BOUCHER Institute of Naturopathic Medicine http://binm.org/ ??
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