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BMJ Best Practice is a point of care tool. Ranked as one of the best clinical decision tools available, it is designed to guide diagnosis and treatment by providing instant access to synthesised expert opinion and evidence.

BMJ Learning provides online education for medical and health professionals. Based on Best Practice and Evidenced Based Learning. With free access via Monash Health, and courses in various areas of medicine

         

Register for an account

Before using the app,create an account for BMJ Best Practice through Monash Health Library using a Monash Health computer.

  1. On a Monash Health computer, click this link to BMJ Best Practice registration.
  2. Enter your Monash Health email and create a password
  3. Tick box to agree with terms and conditions.
  4. Optional: Tick box to receive information from BMJ
  5. Click Create Account.

 

Mobile App

The mobile app now offers two methods of access.

Offsite - Log in with an account

  1. Download the app from the Google Play or Apple store.
  2. Click on the Log In button
  3. Log in using your details created above.

Onsite - Log in using WiFi

  1. Connect your mobile to the Monash Health WiFi (MHWIFI)
  2. Download the app from the Google Play or Apple store.
  3. Click on the 'Network/WiFi' option.
    1. The app will automatically check that you are connected to the Monash Health WiFi.
    2. When accessing the app for the first time, it will download clinical information so you can use it offline. This can take up to 5 minutes.

BMJ Learning

BMJ Learning is the world’s leading provider of online education for medical and health professionals. With courses including areas:

Access to hundreds of independent, evidence-based modules covering a range of specialties in text, video and audio formats.

Pause and restart at any time you like, keep track of them in your own personalised BMJ Portfolio, and receive a certificate after completing each one.

How to set up an account

  1. You can use your personal BMJ Best Practice account details to login to BMJ Learning.
  2. If you do not have a BMJ account then register online here, using your MH email address from a MH PC.

BMJ Best Practice can be searched by condition, symptom or drug in over 100 languages. 

Search results can be filtered by conditions, diagnosis, treatment, evidence, drug database or guidelines.

Information on each topic is structured around the patient consultation; including an overview of the condition, theory, diagnosis of the condition, management and follow up of the condition as well as other resources to support best practice.

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) toolkit to help learn about, practice, discuss and apply EBM 

Calculators links to over 250 medical calculators to support evidence-based decision-making.

Patient leaflets provide concise easy to read summaries to reassure patients and carers and help them make informed, shared decisions with healthcare professionals.

Case reports on rare diseases and unusual presentation of more common diseases. 

Videos on common clinical procedures. Videos include a list of equipment, complications, indications, contraindications and aftercare.

The following video provides a short introduction to BMJ Best Practice.

BMJ Best Practice - clinical tutorial & user guide, BMJ, 2017, 6 mins.

BMJ Journals

Several BMJ journals are available through Monash Library, including:

BMJ Best Practice is designed for use at the point of care, below are links to BMJ's clinical tools for patient care.

  • Calculators
    • Access over 250 medical calculators  to aid in decision making and patient care.
  • Patient Leaflets
    • Patient leaflets provide concise easy to read summaries to reassure patients and carers and help them make informed, shared decisions with healthcare professionals.
  • Case Reports
    • Search or browse case reports on rare diseases and unusual presentation of more common diseases

Comorbidities Tool

Patients frequently present with multiple conditions, and providing a tailored and holistic approach to treatment can improve outcomes. BMJ Best Practice features a unique Comorbidities tool that provides customised treatment guidance for patients presenting with an acute condition and one or more existing comorbidities.

To use the tool, select "Treatment algorithm" from the management menu on the acute condition's homepage. If other conditions are relevant to the treatment plan, you will be prompted to select your patient's comorbidities.

The below video provides a short demonstration:

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Monash Health Library provides educational resources, group training, webinars and individual consultations on evidence based practice including guidance on literature searching, appraising and managing search results.

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