Shiffman Medical Library

AcessMedicine, AccessSurgery & AccessPharmacy

Shiffman Mobile Device Library:

(WSU Affiliates Only)

Overview

AccessMedicine, AccessSurgery and AccessPharmacy provide access to reference books including Harrison's Online, CURRENT Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2008, HURST'S The Heart, Goodman & Gilman's PHARMACOLOGY, Williams Obstetrics, Schwartz's Principles of Surgery, Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach, and much more.

Some textbooks from AccessMedicine, AccessSurgery and AccessPharmacy can help you study for USMLE Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3 exams, prepare board review tests on a variety of surgery topics and practice tests for NAPLEX . You can save and download topics and images from any of those books to your mobile device for further study on-the-go.

To access and download the topic(s) or images from the book(s) onto your mobile device, you need to:

Use your SoM email credentials or WSU AccessID and password for remote access/downloading
A mobile browser that can read html file or viewing images
Create a personal account for image downloading, USMLE exams, and board review test or NAPLEX Review
Select and save the book topic(s) or images
Upload file(s) to your mobile device

Note: All images you select for downloads will be listed under your personal account you create the first time accessing AccessMedicine, AccessSurgery, or AccessPharmacy. Your "My AccessMedicine", or "My AccessSurgery", or "My AccessPharmacy" page stores all of your images for view or Mobile Device downloads, reading list, recent searches, etc. To prepare and practice a test, you need to create a personal account.

Possible mobile browsers

Remote Access

Use SoM Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access library resources remotely. Another option is to use library system's EZproxy server for your remote access. Start your search from the Shiffman Medical Library web page and login using your AccessID (e.g. ab1234) and password for authentication.

Download Instructions

You need to use Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher to save and download AccessMedicine or AccessSurgery or AccessPharmacy content to your Mobile Device. You only need to create one free account (i.e. either "My AccessMedicine" or "My AccessSurgery" or AccessPharmacy) in order to download images or do tests. You do not need to create an account if you just want to download a section of book chapter to your Mobile Device.

Create a personal account

...to access and manage your saved images, customized reading list, recent searches, bookmarks, and board review test. The customized reading list that is drawn from AccessMedicine, AccessSurgery, AccessPharmacy book sections is based on questions you may have missed for your USMLEasy exam or board review test.

Open your web browser and go to AccessMedicine http://proxy.lib.wayne.edu/login?url=http://www.accessmedicine.com/ (Note: If you access this site remotely—e.g. from DMC or home—please read authentication for details.)
Click the tab "My AccessMedicine" and then click the link “Sign up for a FREE personal account” to sign up for a FREE personal account. Fill in the form and click "Save" button to create a personal account. Please uncheck the box if you do not want to receive email alerts.
Now you can access and manage your saved images, reading list, recent searches, and board review test questions.

Download topics or images

On the AccessMedicine or AccessSurgery or AccessPharmacy home page, select a book you want to read and then click the links to locate and select the section topic(s) or images you wish to download.
To download text, you simply 1) click the link "Download for PDA" on the toolbar; 2) save the file(s) to your computer; 3) synchronize the file(s) to your Mobile Device; and 3) then read it by tapping the file on your mobile device. These files are readable on any mobile device that can view HTML files.
To download images to your Mobile Device, you simply 1) click the link Add to My Saved Images; 2) log in to your AccessMedicine or My AccessSurgery or AccessPharmacy account; 3) view and select the image(s) you like to download; 4) click the button "Download the Selected Images" and then sync the images to your mobile device to view on the way to go.

Download USMLE-based customized reading topics to your mobile device

There are 3000+ sample questions with answers and explanations for USMLE Step 1 (1500 Questions), Step 2 (1500 Questions) and Step 3 (300 Questions). You can practice test questions using your desktop PC and then download relevant book sections that may help you study those questions you missed.

Click "My AccessMedicine" on the toolbar of home page. A screen will pop up that will require you to log into your AccessMedicine account.
After login, click the link "LANGE Self-Assessment Tool" on the home page.
You will then see a screen which lists USMLEasy Step 1 (Lite), USMLEasy Step 2 (Lite), and USMLEasy Step 3 (Lite) under the “Enrollment” section. Click a link “USMLEasy Step 1 (Lite)”, “USMLEasy Step 2 (Lite)”, or “USMLEasy Step 3 (Lite)” link and follow the instructions on the screen to practice your exams.
You can select either practice or test mode and exam criteria by checking the radio box on the screen. Then click “OK” to start the exam questions.
After you finish all the exam questions, click the “Save and Exit" button on the right upper cornner to view your score.
In addition to your score, you can click “View a customized reading list” from AccessMedicine. The list that is drawn from AccessMedicine book sections is based on questions you may have missed.
After browsing and selecting the topics you wish to download, click the "Save for PDA" link on the toolbar and save the file(s) to your computer. Synchronize the files to your mobile device. Now you can read those topics anytime you like using your mobile device!

Download board-review-based customized reading topics to your mobile device

There are about 3000 sample questions with answers and explanations for board review test on surgery. You can practice test questions using your desktop PC and then download relevant book sections that may help you study those questions you missed. You can also email you the questions with answers and explanation.

Click "My AccessSurgery" on the toolbar of home page. A screen will pop up that will require you to log into your AccessSurgey account.
After login, click the link "Schwartz's Principles of Surgery: Self-Assessment and Board Review" listed under TEXTBOOKS.
Select a topic and practice your exams. After finishing the practice, you can directly email all the questions with answers and explanations, or go to the relevant book sections that may help you study those questions you missed. You can save and download those sections to your mobile device to read later.