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Medical Information and Literature for Physical Therapy Students


Peer-reviewed journal articles

Welcome to PubMed
RECAL rehabilitation database (Username and password from Dr. Whittle)
Full text medical articles (User name = UTC-PT; Password = pt-net)
Ovid (we have only partial use of this service, which includes some full-text articles).
    Click "Search Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI) via Ovid"; next page click "Continue"
The Free Medical Journals Website

Evidence for different forms of treatment

Hooked on Evidence
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
Rehab Trials
Cochran Collaboration An international organization that aims to help people make well informed decisions about healthcare by preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of healthcare interventions
Netting the Evidence Intended to facilitate evidence-based healthcare by providing support and access to helpful organizations and useful learning resources, such as an evidence-based virtual library, software, and journals
PEDro Developed to give physiotherapists and others rapid access to bibliographic details and abstracts of randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews in physiotherapy
DARE Database of Abstracts of Reviews and Effectiveness
Pubmed Clinical Queries

UTC & Erlanger Library resources

UTC Library CINAHL Search Form (on Campus)
UTC Library's Gateway to the Online Catalog
UTC Library's ILL Article Request Form
Journals available in full-text at UTC
Erlanger Library Journal Holdings

General Information

Journal names and abbreviations
Citations and References (UTC PT conventions) *
AMA reference format
Detailed information on writing for medical journals
Web site evaluation form

    * = Acrobat PDF file

Other web resources

List of useful PT-related web sites
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
Orthopedics Today
List of useful medical sites
Scirus scientific information search engine
Australian Journal of Physiotherapy (index and full-text articles)
Advance for Physical Therapists (online magazine)
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