MerckManuals.com – Updated with New and Improved Features

MerckManuals.com

Updated With New and Improved Features

(This is a Sponsored Post from Merck Manuals, a great partner and resource to #LifeofaMedStudent)

Though the Merck Manuals has been in publication since 1899, they’ve changed and improved the ways health care professionals are able to access their free medical information. This year, they’ve updated and improved several features of their free website, MerckManuals.com. Here are a few of the most useful features highlighted.

1. “Letter spine” for locating health topics and medical conditions alphabetically at the top of every page.
2. Quick links on the homepage to pertinent material such as:
   1. Clinical calculators – Hundreds of common clinical calculators you can quickly plug-in patient values! From a simple APGAR score to the complicated CHA(2)DS(2)-VASc Score for Stroke Risk.
   2. Normal lab values – Great tools for the doctor or nurse in-training.
   3. Procedure and exam videos – A great “how-to” collection on over 100 common medical techniques/procedures and exams. See it done before it shows up in clinicals!
3. New and expanded content:
   1. 1. 3D models – Over 41 different models of many anatomical systems, pathologies, and more!
      2. USMLE style quizzes – 435 FREE quizes on common USMLE topics!
      3. Interactive case studies – 27 case studies on common clinical scenarios.

You may not know, but more than 350 medical experts currently serve as contributors of all the content on the Merck Manuals website; content is reviewed by an independent editorial board and regularly updated online. The resource is available in English and Spanish, and nine other languages. Learn more about the editorial process of the Merck Manuals here.