http://bestpractice.bmj.com

HOW TO ACCESS‘BMJ BEST PRACTICE’ DATABASES

1) From PPUKM Library portal (http://lib.hukm.ukm.my)

2) Click URL : http://bestpractice.bmj.com

Key Features:

• Clinical decision support Tool• Structured around the patient consultation• Advice on symptom evaluation, treatment approach and

test ordering• International perspective, customisable for local needs• Integrated evidence from Clinical Evidence• Critical prescribing information with links to Martindale• Patient support leaflets• Remote Access and Mobile Phone Access

What’s in Best Practice?

Condition Overview

Prevention

Diagnosis

Treatment

Clinical Evidence

Follow-up

Three Key Monograph Types

• Condition Monograph– Provides comprehensive information on a specific

condition or group of conditions

Three Key Monograph Types

• Assessment Monograph– How to evaluate a symptom (e.g., chronic cough)– Clinical finding (e.g., peripheral oedema)– Diagnostic test finding (e.g., metabolic acidosis)

Three Key Monograph Types• Overview Monograph

– Provides an overview of a category of conditions

Clinical Question:

A 70-year-old man is discovered by a family member to have difficulty speaking and extreme balance difficulty.

The family member brings him to you in the Emergency Ward.

He was last known to be fully functional 1 hour ago when the family member spoke to him by phone. There is a history of treated hypertension and diabetes.

How should you proceed with assessing and managing this patient?

Where to begin? - Symptom Searching

Find your results

Assessment Details

Differential Diagnosis

Condition Details

Diagnosis – History & Examination

Diagnosis – Tests

Diagnosis – Step-by-Step

Treatment – Ordered by Patient Group

Treatment – Links to Martindale

Step-by-Step – Supported by Evidence

Integrated with Clinical Evidence

Guidelines – International and Institutional

Guidelines – International and Institutional

What are the other features of Best Practice?

Images for reference

Images for reference

References – with full-text links

Browse through Clinical Evidence content

Full Content from Clinical Evidence

Browse Drug Database of all referenced drugs in Best Practice

Patient Leaflets

Personalisation Features

• Adding notes• Bookmark pages that you regularly refer to• Add to your BMJ Learning plan

“My Best Practice” Features

• Save Searches• Save Bookmarks• See your institution’s

guidelines

BMJ Best Practice Remote and Mobile Phone Access

• Use BMJ Best Practice Anywhere and on your mobile phone

• Register for a “My Best Practice” account from within your institution IP range or through your library’s webpage

• Use your “My Best Practice” username and password to access

• Mobile phone URL: bp.bmjgroup.mobi

Start using BMJ Best Practice on your mobile phone!

http://bp.bmjgroup.mobi/

http://bp.bmjgroup.mobi/

Does Best Practice make studying easier for medical students?

• Students are using Best Practice in a number of ways; – as a reference resource, – to support revision and – as a decision-support tool

• In particular the students are finding the resource invaluable when it comes to diagnosis, and in particular the differential diagnosis of a condition.

Does Best Practice make studying easier for medical students?

• Problem-Based Learning– Professor/ Lecturer gives a medical case scenario and

asks the students to write a report on how to assess and manage the patient

• In Clinical Training– Differential diagnosis– Treatment Options and Evidence

• Exam revision– Step-by-step diagnosis and treatment– Basic information about conditions– Images to support