User Guide

About This Guide
The AccessMedicine User Guide provides users with a detailed guide for exploring content andresources in the site. This guide describes much of the content in AccessMedicine, as well as details
on how to create and use a MyAccess profile. Outlined here are unique and foundational content
across the books library, quick reference items, infographics, drug monographs, multimedia
collection, cases, study tools for exam prep, patient education items, and materials for hospitalbased providers. However, given the breadth and scope of content in AccessMedicine, this guide
does not provide a complete overview of all the resources in the site.
Along with the AccessMedicine support page on the Access User Center and the AccessMedicine
LibGuide, this user guide will provide users with the needed information for effectively deploying theresources in AccessMedicine for academics, research, and clinical practice.

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Contents
About AccessMedicine (p. 3)
Why Is AccessMedicine Unique (p. 3)
About the AccessMedicine App (p. 4)
MyAccess Profile (p. 5)
How to Set Up Your MyAccess Profile in 3 Easy Steps (p. 5)
AccessMedicine Homepage (p. 6)
Search Tools (p. 7)
Books Library (p. 8)
Check Out the Library (p. 8)
Chapter Task Bar (p. 8)
ReadSpeaker (p. 8)
Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 21st Edition (p. 9)
Notetaking Tools (p. 9)
How to Download Content (p. 9)
Quick Reference (p. 10)
2 Minute Medicine (p. 10)
Differential Diagnosis (p. 10)
Huppert’s Notes (p. 10)
Diagnostic Tests (p. 10)
Goodman & Gilman’s Annual FDA Approvals (p. 10)
Guidelines – Primary Care (p. 10)
QMDT (p. 10)
Infographics (p. 11)
Drug Monographs (p. 11)
Multimedia (p. 12)
Auscultation Classroom (p. 12)
Diagnostic and Imaging Studies (p. 12)
Procedural Videos (p. 12)
Harrison’s Pathophysiology Animations (p. 12)
Human Anatomy Modules (p. 12)
Complete Human Anatomy Modules (p. 12)
Human Anatomy Tours (p. 12)
Systems Modules (Regional and Focused Anatomy Modules) (p. 12)
Harrison’s Podclass (p. 12)
Run The List Podcast (p. 12)
S2D: The Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast (p. 13)
Cases (p. 13)
Study Tools (p. 14)
Review Questions (p. 14)
Clerkship Topics (p. 14)
Flashcards (p. 14)
Patient Education (p. 15)
Hospital Corner (p. 16)
Support (p. 17)
Contact Us (p. 17)

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What Is AccessMedicine?
AccessMedicine from McGraw Hill Medical is a comprehensive online medical resource thatprovides a complete spectrum of knowledge from the best minds in medicine with essential
information accessible anywhere. Authoritative, trusted, and continuously updated with optimized
content for any mobile device, AccessMedicine is guided by a preeminent Advisory Board that
includes the medical field’s top academic experts.
AccessMedicine provides medical students with a variety of resources needed to excel in basic
science studies and clerkships; helps residents, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants withinstant access to videos, self-assessment, and leading medical textbooks that facilitate decisionmaking at the point-of-care; and allows practicing physicians to review their medical knowledge toensure the best patient outcomes.
Why Is AccessMedicine Unique?
AccessMedicine delivers indispensable support and invaluable online solutions in medical
education and clinical practice through these interactive features:
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Leading medical textbooks – More than 100 references help students and residents
succeed throughout their medical education, including the latest editions of the world’s mostrespected medical texts such as, Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine and CURRENT
Medical Diagnosis & Treatment. Find the full list of texts in AccessMedicine at:accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/textbooks.
Extensive multimedia library – A unique collection of examination and procedural videos,patient safety modules, audio files, and animations that feature complicated concepts
presented in terms students can understand, including videos illustrating fundamental
medical concepts drawn from the world’s most trusted medical textbook, Harrison’s
Principles of Internal Medicine.
Differential Diagnosis Tool – Connect to more than 1,000 diagnoses
through Diagnosaurus®, a tool that saves you time by allowing you to browse by symptom,
disease, or organ system at the point of care.
Multiple Quick Reference Tools, including:o Practice Guidelines are annually updated guidelines from Current Practice
Guidelines in Primary Care that assist in disease screening, prevention, andmanagement by providing succinct digest versions of longer original guidelines.
o Diagnostic Tests, from Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, is a quick reference guideto the selection and interpretation of commonly used diagnostic tests, including
laboratory procedures in the clinical setting.
o Quick Medical Dx & Rx is a collection of concise evidence-based outlines ofconditions and disorders most often encountered in medical practice – perfect for
high-yield review or for quick reference in the clinical setting.
Self-Assessment – Extensive Q&A from leading references such as Harrison’s SelfAssessment and Board Review and the LANGE textbooks to assist students and residents inexam preparation.
Customizable Patient Education – Comprehensive, reliable healthcare information for
adults, pediatrics, and medicines available in multiple languages and for thousands of topics
to help you help your patients understand their care and improve their health status.
Integrated Drug Database – Look up dosing, indications, and adverse reactions quickly for
generic and brand-name drugs with printable patient handouts presented in English andSpanish.
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Infographics – Over 600 high-yield summaries in 16 medical specialties.
Downloadable Images – Tens of thousands of photos and illustrations to aid in visual
diagnosis are available to save and download to presentations for educational purposes.
Cases – A selection of cases from across the popular Case FilesTM series
and Pathophysiology of Disease helps medical students better understand and evaluate realworld experiences by offering questions to frame the case and approach to the patient.
CME – Receive CME credit for searches and prepare for in-services, certification, andrecertification with content that covers a broad area of medicine. Geared for practicing
providers.

About the AccessMedicine App
The AccessMedicine app delivers indispensable support and invaluable point of care solutions forclinical practice through these mobile features:
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Quick Medical Dx & Rx is a collection of concise evidence-based outlines of conditions anddisorders most often encountered in medical practice – perfect for high-yield review or for
quick reference in the clinical setting.
Fitzpatrick’s Color Atlas of Clinical Dermatology facilitates dermatologic diagnosis byproviding color images of skin lesions, plus a summary outline of skin disorders anddiseases.
Differential Diagnosis Tool provides more than 1,000 diagnoses through Diagnosaurus®, a
McGraw Hill Medical tool that efficiently allows you to browse by symptom, disease, or organsystem at the point of care.
Diagnostic Tests, from Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, is a quick reference guide to theselection and interpretation of commonly used diagnostic tests, including laboratory
procedures in the clinical setting.

The AccessMedicine app is available to users at institutions with a full site license. To activateand for continued access to the app, the user must have an active MyAccess profile and sign inevery 90 days through your institution, either on-site or through a VPN. Sign up for a MyAccessprofile today by logging into your subscription and clicking on your institution name in the upper righthand corner. To download the app, please visit the App Store or Google Play.

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MyAccess Profile
Unlock a Higher Level of Productivity with a MyAccess Profile
Users create and login to their personal MyAccess Profile to unlock key features, such as:
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Work through challenging patient cases
Create and take quizzes for board review and self-assessment
Connect remotely off-site through VPN authentication
Bookmark favorite content such as videos, images, tables, and chapters to view later
Organize important content in folders
Browse recently viewed content
Receive alerts about important new content additions
Download multiple images to PowerPoint with citations and references automatically
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How to Set Up Your MyAccess Profile in 3 Easy Steps

Go to mhmedical.com or navigate to any Access product homepage. Users will need to be
on campus or connected to the institution’s subscription online, e.g., the library webpage.
Click on sign in feature in the upper right-hand corner of any page. Once there, click on“Create a Free MyAccess Profile.”
In the pop-up window, click “Create a Free MyAccess Profile.”

For more information, see our instructional flyer to help you setup your MyAccess profile.
Helpful Tip
To keep your MyAccess Profile active, you must sign into your profile every 90 days while either onsite or through your institution or organization’s VPN, website, or proxy server.

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AccessMedicine Homepage
Check Out the New HomepageOn the AccessMedicine homepage, users will find news and updates related toAccessMedicine on the homepage, including trending daily medical topics. It has everythingfrom the AccessMedicine channel to case, test question, or image of the week, as well as
new titles and popular chapters among the AccessMedicine user community. The
AccessMedicine homepage may also feature some of the latest information, infographics,
and medical guidance on public health and infectious diseases like COVID-19 andMonkeypox.

Each week on our AccessMedicine Channel, we take a closer look at one particular topic that's
trending in breaking medical news. Learn more about this week's topic and follow us on Facebook,
Twitter, and LinkedIn so you can stay in the loop.

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The search feature in AccessMedicine is simple and easy to use. You can learn more about the
search feature by watching this tutorial on the Access User Center.
Search Box
In AccessMedicine, you can search for resources across all content types:• Auto-suggest appears as you type (can be disabled)• Get the same search results by combining terms together or by using ANDo e.g., asthma pediatrics = asthma AND pediatrics
Search Builder
To the left of your search results, search builder allows you to:• Focus the search by modifying your terms (keyword, title, author, ISBN)• Filter results by format (chapter, tables, cases, images, multimedia, etc.)• Narrow results by textbooks and topics
Federated Search
A federated search expands your results from AccessMedicine to include results from other McGraw
Hill Access Medical sites:• Use the dropdown menu to the left of the search bar to select federated search• Search builder elements above apply• Green dot in search results indicates the item is available in your subscription• Use the “Availability” filter to the bottom left of the search results to filter by results available
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Books Library
The Books tab in AccessMedicine provides some of the leading current, authoritative text resources
organized into categories in the left-hand sidebar, including basic sciences, critical care,
endocrinology, internal medicine, family medicine, and many other disciplines.
Check Out the LibraryComplete Full-Text LibraryArchived Textbookso In the archived textbooks page, browse previous editions of textbooks hosted on
AccessMedicine purposes of reference.

Chapter Task BarEach chapter in AccessMedicine texts features a Chapter Task Bar with user output
functions, including skipping to chapter sections, printing, sharing, generating citations, andsearching. Users also have the option to download chapters and chapter sections as PDFs.
Watch this tutorial to learn more about the chapter task bar.

ReadSpeakerEach text and chapter sections in AccessMedicine includes ReadSpeaker text-to-speechaccessibility tool indicated with the icon tool below. Users can adjust the tool’s settings using
the gear icon, including highlighting levels and text coloring. Watch this tutorial on the tolearn more about ReadSpeaker.

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Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 21st EditionHarrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 21/e, is the world's most trusted clinicalmedicine text—and a superb resource for learning the art and science of clinical reasoning.
Recognized by healthcare professionals worldwide as the leading authority on applied
pathophysiology and clinical medicine, Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine provides theinformational foundation you need for the best patient care possible. This new edition is fully
updated with timely new chapters and essential updates across the spectrum of internal
medicine. For more information on Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 21st Edition,
see the McGraw Hill Professional page.

Notetaking Tools
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Hypothes.is annotation tool allows users to take and share digital notes in each text on
AccessMedicine. Watch this tutorial to learn more about Hypothes.is.

How to Download Content
In AccessMedicine, figures and tables can be downloaded (figures as PowerPoint slides withfull citation attribution and tables as PDFs), viewed enlarged and in context within the text,
and saved to your favorites in MyAccess profile.
View this guide to learn more about downloading figured and tables.

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Quick Reference
The Quick Reference tab in AccessMedicine provides immediate answers and diﬀerential
diagnoses for a range of common clinical scenarios.
2 Minute Medicine
 Expert physician publishing group founded out of Harvard Medical School that provides
medical reports of breaking medical literature and seminal studies in medicine. Use “SearchWithin” function to quickly and easily find reports. Watch this tutorial to learn more about 2
Minute Medicine.
Differential Diagnosis
 Differential diagnosis information for thousands of symptoms, signs, and diseases.
Huppert’s Notes Huppert’s Notes: Pathophysiology and Clinical Pearls for Internal Medicine helps users
bridge the gap between pathophysiology and clinical medicine in a succinct outline of coreinternal medicine topics. Users will find concise descriptions of common medical conditions
with diagnostic and management pearls, as well as high-yield diagrams and tables toemphasize key concepts.
Diagnostic Tests
 Quick reference guide to commonly used diagnostic tests, including lab procedures in theclinical setting, common lab tests, diagnostic imaging tests, electrocardiography, etc.
Goodman & Gilman’s Annual FDA Approvals
 This feature represents a more succinct and easy-to-navigate interpretation of Goodman &Gilman’s content to more easily learn the recent additions and changes to drugs.
Guidelines – Primary Care
 Current practice guidelines in primary care to review the latest disease screening,
prevention, and management regimens.
QMDT Quick Medical Diagnosis and Treatment (QMDT) provides concise, evidence-based point-ofcare resource outlining diagnosis and treatment information for common conditions anddisorders in a quick reference format.

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The Infographics tab in AccessMedicine are a collection of over 600 one-page medical infographics
that are high-yield summaries spanning 16 specialty areas that also serve as a point of entry into ourcore foundational content. The infographics can be downloaded, shared, saved to My Favorites, andprinted and link to related content in AccessMedicine.

Drug Monographs
The Drugs tab in AccessMedicine is an integrated drug database of thousands of drugs organized
by generics, drug classes, and trade names. Specific drug data includes international brand names.
Patient education handouts are available written in clear terms to ensure patients have access to
information needed to understand how to take medications and address to common questions.
Drug monograph data includes clinical pharmacology, indications and usage, contraindications,warnings and precautions, information for pregnancy and lactation, adverse reactions, druginteractions, dosing, administration, storage and compatibility, monitoring, pricing, and references.
Watch this tutorial to learn more about the drug monographs.

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Multimedia
The Multimedia tab in AccessMedicine offers a robust library of instructional videos, including
physical exam, basic and advanced procedures; patient interview; diagnostic and imaging studies;
lectures for a flipped classroom pedagogy; animations; and more. Some of the multimedia resources
are highlighted below.
Auscultation Classroom
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The Auscultation Classroom provides users with the ability to hear an abnormal heart sound,while simultaneously watching a graphic of the intracardiac abnormality that is occurring. The
students learn proper auscultation techniques for each murmur. The modules also discussbasics regarding clinical findings associated with the murmurs.

Diagnostic and Imaging Studies

We have more than 70 video clips of foundational diagnostic and imaging studies in fivedifferent specialties: Cardiovascular, fetal ultrasound, gastrointestinal, pulmonology, andrheumatology.

Procedural VideosThe most complete collection of detailed procedural videos online designed to help users
through basic and advanced skills procedures, interventions, and applications of decisionrules. Features more than 860 videos and animations.

Harrison’s Pathophysiology Animations
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These animations explain complex pathophysiology concepts in easy-to-understand brief
videos. Each episode covers a disease mechanism. Nationally regarded educator Scott
Stern MD from the University of Chicago wrote and narrated each episode.

Human Anatomy ModulesComplete Human Anatomy Modules:
o These interactive modules allow for visualization of the human body in an interactive,
3D format where both male and female anatomy modules can be viewed. Choose amodule and then use the options on the left-side to explore the module.
Human Anatomy Tours:
o These focused, 3-D modules guide medical students through systems-based tours of
the human anatomy to help users learn anatomy in a systems-based, interactive
format.
Systems Modules (Regional and Focused Anatomy Modules):o This is a collection of over 300 interactive, 3-D modules across 17 specialties
designed to deliver a focused learning experience while also offering a deep-dive into
our core foundational textbooks.

Harrison’s PodclassOver 100 episodes on key principles of internal medicine, around board-style case vignettes
from the acclaimed Harrison’s Self-Assessment and Board Review.

Run The List PodcastMedical education podcast designed for medical students, new residents, and all learners
looking for a high-yield review in internal medicine. Concise episodes guide listeners throughthe diagnosis, management, and clinical pearls for common internal medicine problems.

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S2D: The Symptom to Diagnosis Podcast

A case-based discussion of signs, symptoms, and diagnostics tests to improve clinicalreasoning and evidence-based practice. The S2D Podcast supplements topics in theSymptom to Diagnosis title in AccessMedicine.

Cases
The Cases tab in AccessMedicine provide materials for short, targeted case-based learning that
require students to think critically about the content. They vary slightly but for each case, you get apatient history and systems review, some short answer questions, clinical pearls, and references.
Cases are durable URL-enabled. Instructors can copy the browser URL and embed in an LMS toassign to students to complete. Cases include comprehension quizzes, and the results can beemailed, e.g., student to instructor.

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Study Tools
Review Questions
The Study Tools tab in AccessMedicine provides thousands of review Q&A designed to help
residents, clerks, and physicians are available under. With the review texts, users can generaterandom and custom review question quizzes from texts sorted into basic sciences and clinicalpractice categories.
Clerkship Topics
Clerks have access to a curated collection of study materials brings together all clerkship specificresources and covers every major topic of the internal medical clerkship, featuring select chaptersand cases, including text references, case files, and videos on essential concepts and procedures
clerks may observe or assist in during their rotation.
Flashcards
Gamification study tools are provided to users through a select set of interactive flashcard content
that enables users to drill down by resource and/or topic to focus in on areas of weakness.
Watch this tutorial to learn more about the flashcards in AccessMedicine.

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Patient Education
Customizable handouts providing comprehensive, reliable healthcare information are available for
adults, pediatrics, and medicines advisors in multiple languages. The Patient Education handouts
are written in clear terms to ensure patients have access to needed information and are updated
quarterly. If you are signed into your MyAccess profile, you can customize the handout using the“Customize” tool.
View this guide to learn more about patient education handouts.

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Hospital Corner

The Hospital Corner tab in AccessMedicine is made of curated content from the site reviewed andselected for advanced learners at the resident trainee level and above. Resources include selected
textbooks, board review and advanced clinical cases and questions, quick reference materials forthe point-of-care, and procedure videos to hone intervention skills. The healthcare business titles
needed to complete important quality improvement and patient safety projects are only found underthe “Books” tab here in the Hospital Corner.
Watch this tutorial to learn more about the Hospital Corner resources for practicing providers.

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Support
The Access User Center features additional support tools for self-guided help when using Accessmedical collections. Resources are provided in the menu and organized by site, i.e.,
AccessMedicine, AccessPhysiotherapy, etc. User supports include tutorials, guides, and author
interviews, as well as marketing and promotional materials.
The AccessMedicine page on the Access User Center which features the complete suite oftutorials, guides, and other helps to ensure a user’s self-guided, effective use of AccessMedicine.
Also, new to users is the AccessMedicine LibGuide linked through the AccessMedicine page on
the Access User Center. This resource features additional guidance on how to navigate and use thesite, DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) content, and links to user resources.
Contact Us
For further questions and help, please email Customer Success at McGraw Hill at
CustomerSuccess@mheducation.com.

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