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For Health Research
 
The resources in this list are CD-Roms which supplement various health, nursing and medical texts available in the HealthLink Collection. You are welcome to ask for any of these CD's at the Information Desk and the library staff member will retrieve them for you to use on the HealthLink computer.

Resources are listed in Alphabetical Order

American Diabetes Association: Complete Guide to Diabetes, 4th Edition, ©2005
Electronic Book with supplements the print edition of the same name.

Bates' Guide to Physical Examinations & History Taking
The Bates’ Guides are the foremost physical examination guides for medical students. This program contains videos of the most common examinations. The Approach to the Patient videos cover history taking and patient physician interaction. This program is complimented by the print Bates' Guide to Physical Examination and History Taking which is available in the Consumer Health Collection at 616.0754 Bickl 2007.

Canadian Practical Nurse Exam Practice Guide
This program will assist you in preparing for the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination (CPNRE). You can answer practice questions and a profile will be generated to assist you in identifying your strengths and weaknesses. Answer as few or as many questions as you wish. Click on Self Test from the home page when you are ready to begin.

Canadian Registered Nurse Exam Practice Guide
This program contains the official study guide and preparation test for the Canadian Registered Nurse Examination (CRNE). The self test enables you to practice using multiple choice and short answer questions in a format similar to those you will see during the official written test. The program will tabulate your results and you can go back and review sections as you wish.

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Clinically Oriented Anatomy - Human Anatomy Study Guide & Primal 3D Anatomy
This is a self study program which you can use in study or test mode. You are presented with multiple choice questions which are related to the identification of human anatomy. Study mode enables you to see whether your answers are correct and review areas of difficulty.

Dynamic Human Anatomy - Grant's Atlas of Anatomy - Interactive
This program contains 800 images from the print Grant's Atlas of Anatomy (611.00222 Agur 2005). You are able to view images from various levels of dissection, zoom in and out, compare male and female images side by side, rotate images and take quizzes using the study mode. Choose your images using the search function or the table of contents. This is an excellent human anatomy atlas and a great tool for learning and reviewing human anatomy.

Essentials of Interactive Physiology
This program should be used in conjunction with the Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology located in the Consumer Health Collection at 612 Marie 2006. This is an interactive tool with the option to use the Review or Practice Test modes. Select the chapter you would like to review and the number of questions you would like to answer. You can go back to the beginning at any time by selecting Main Menu.

Evidenced-Based Nursing: A Guide to Clinical Practice
This program can be used in conjunction with Evidence-based nursing: a guide to clinical practice (610.73 DiCen) located in the Consumer Health Collection.

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Essentials of Exercise Physiology
This program should be used in conjunction with the Essentials of Exercise Physiology located at in the Consumer Health Collection at 612.044 McArd 2006. Using this interactive tool you are able to review the concepts covered in the text using the Review or Practice Test modes. Select the chapter you would like to review and the number of questions you would like to answer. You can go back to the beginning at any time by selecting Main Menu.

Griffith’s 5-minute Clinical Consult
This program can be used in conjunction with the print version of Griffith’s 5-Minute Clinical Consult. You will find this title in the Consumer Health Collection (616 Griff 2006).

MCAT Success - Study Guide
Use this resource to study for the MCAT exam and take a practice test.

Mosby's Dental Drug Reference
This program has two features. It contains an image gallery of common side effects from drugs dentists may prescribe. The second feature is the patient guides. Simply select the drug you are interested in and a patient guide appears. For students this can be a useful drug guide with information presented in a simple and easy to understand format. Instructions, possible side effects and contraindications are included.

NCLEX-PN Exam Prep
The ExamCram is a nursing exam preparation guide that enables you to answer practice test questions while providing you with feedback assisting you in determining if you are ready to take the actual international NCLEX PN test.

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NCLEX-RN Exam Prep
The ExamCram is a nursing exam preparation guide that enables you to answer practice test questions while providing you with feedback assisting you in determining if you are ready to take the actual international NCLEX RN test.

Nutrients in Food
This CD-ROM provides fast access to the nutrient content of thousands of foods as well as in-depth information on such topics as each nutrient's impact on health and recommended intake. Food sources are presented in a tabular format. The book has a wire spiral binding. The CD-ROM provides reference codes that link to nutrition software packages for instant calculations of daily intake, recipes, or menus.

Toronto Notes - MCCQE Study Guide, MRI & CT images & Practice Test
This Toronto Notes program is an essential tool to combine with the printed Toronto Notes (610 Toron 2007) in studying for the MCCQE Exam. It includes various MRI and CT atlases, as well as a practice test you can view or print.

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