UpToDate (limited access resource: available to current FAU College of Medicine students, nursing students, and a designated subset of College of Medicine clinical faculty)

For education purposes only, UptoDate access is limited to College of Medicine students, nursing students, and a designated subset of College of Medicine clinical faculty. Medical residents should access UptoDate via the healthcare systems where they engage in clinical training. Unfortunately, access to affiliate faculty  and faculty outside of the designated subset cannot be extended at this time due to licensing restraints.

What: UpToDate is a clinical decision support tool providing evidence based point of care topics & recommendations based on peer-reviewed medical literature. UpToDates is used as an education tool by core faculty, residents, and students at FAU. 

Where: Access through browser or app.

• Browser: UpToDate
• App: iOS | Android
  • 1 installation on a device of your choice. 
• Register & Off-campus renewal: Register and Re-verification Instructions

Video: 

• UpToDate Anywhere Account Creation and Re Verification. 

Features: 

• Drug information, calculators, Lexicomp drug interactions.
• Patient education: available in Arabic, English, Spanish. 

Because of vendor licenses and budget, the COM Library cannot extend UpToDate access to Clinical Affiliates at this time but can offer the following resources via alternative Library resources: 

• Drug Information: AccessMedine, AccessPediatrics, ClinicalKey
• Calculators: ClinicalKey, JAMAevidence, 
• Drug Interactions/information: AccessMedicine, AccessPediatrics, ClinicalKey, 
• Patient Education: AccessMedicine, AccessPediatrics, ClinicalKey