Spotlight on UPCMD: Diagnostic Medical Testing for Healthcare Professionals
[1/04 UPCMD is no longer available]
The University of Iowa Libraries is pleased to be able to provide access to UPCMD: Diagnostic Medical Testing for Healthcare Professionals from the the University Pathology Consortium (UPC). UPCMD.com’s mission is to provide current, coherent, accessible knowledge regarding human disease and its diagnosis to medical professionals as they do their work.
UPC was founded by the following University Medical School Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: Creighton University, University of California at San Francisco, Stanford University, University of California at Davis, the University of Southern California, and the University of Iowa.
Using UPCMD.com:
- Go to: http://upcmd.com
- Click on desired topic (Disease Diagnosis, Evaluating Abnormal Test Results, etc.)
- Click on Current Subscribers Enter Here
- Select an appropriate disease or test and click View
- Click on the sidebar links for information about Disease Information, Recommended Testing, Result Interpretation, Test Characteristics, Alternate Tests, Citations List, Author-Update log, and Controversy.
Click on "How To Use" on the sidebar for additional navigation instructions.
