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Self-Directed Learning: Cases

First- and second- year medical students can use this guide to discover resources when completing a 'Self-Directed Learning' assignment

Be Self-Directed in Your Studies: Here's How to Use These Library Resources

Once inside the resources found here on each tabbed page, follow these steps:

1. First, conduct a basic search in each using symptoms as key terms.
2. Second, scan the results, opening different types of resources, and use those resources to learn.
3. Finally, use filters to narrow your search and, if necessary, search again using other terms along with original terms searched.

Source: Fairleigh Dickinson University Librarians. (2023). AccessMedicine Database Guide: Basic Searching. [website]. Fairleigh Dickinson University: New Jersey. https://library.fdu.edu/c.php?g=1286910&p=9449946

Use these Case Narratives/Podcasts





When visiting AccessMedicine to search for cases related to a symptom (in The Case Files Collection, Vanderbilt Internal Medicine & Pediatrics Curriculum cases, Harrison's Podclass, the Run the List podcast, and the Symptom to Diagnosis podcast):

1. Sign into AccessMedicine with your 'MyAccess' profile.

2. Type the symptom into the search box

3. Use filters on the left to choose 'Cases' and/or 'Podcasts'

4. Scan result list of cases for knowledge

5. If necessary, add other keywords to your search

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