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The Ptolemy Project
Presented by
Sandra Kendall and Carla Hagstrom, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
September-October, 2015
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Objectives
How to register and access Ptolemy
How to make best use of the Ptolemy Library resources through the University of Toronto
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Advantages of using Ptolemy
All your information needs on one site Access to University of Toronto e-resources Quick access to full text e-journals and e-
books Access to databases Access to Dynamed and BMJ Clinical
Evidence for clinical information at the point of care
Access to Lexicomp for drug information
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New registrations – leave these fields blank.
Your username and password will be sent by email. Please allow a few days for receipt.
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When you receive your password Go to www.ptolemy.ca
Login to Ptolemy Library resources
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Copy and paste your username and password from the email you received from the Ptolemy Project Team. That way you can be sure the letters and numbers are correct. It can be difficult to distinguish between some upper and lower case letters
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Find a surgical e-book for quick reference.
• Use a key-word search to find the
relevant information in the text selected.
Question: What is the current treatment for inguinal hernias in children?
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Search DynaMed – a clinical point of care reference tool, for an overview of the topic.
DynaMed
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Use the search term
“Inguinal hernia”
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Note the suggested terms used in Dynamed.
Select
“Groin hernia in children”
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Next steps
Follow up with a literature search in PubMed or Ovid Medline
Example shows journal literature search for the MeSH term for “inguinal hernias” AND “surgery” AND “review” articles; limits English (language) and child (age category)
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Use the Advanced Search option in PubMed
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Use limits: Languages – “Englsih” And Ages – ‘child”
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Click here to open abstract
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U of T full-text link
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Finding a full-text article
Use the Surgery e-journals tab on the Ptolemy page to find the full text for a citation. From the previous search find the journal “Surgical Endoscopy. 2008;22(8):1751-62.”
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Enter the journal title ‘surgical endoscopy’ in the Search box.
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Under the General Surgery textbook list - scroll down to find the journal title.
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Lexicomp
A Comprehensive Drug Database
Find relevant drug information by searching
Lexicomp Example: drug treatment for “tuberculosis”
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Search by drug or disease / condition
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Anatomy resources
• Available through the Gerstein website
• Licence for Primal Pictures allows only 5 concurrent users
• If you can’t access this resource, please try again later
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What to do with the information you have
Read the recent literature Appraise the literature using evidence-based
medicine criteria Recognize how this evidence can be applied to the
health care system in Africa How will you incorporate this literature into your own
practice?