Research Guides: Faculty Curriculum Development Resources : Cases

Cases in Databases

AccessMedicine This link opens in a new window
Medical textbooks in basic and clinical sciences including Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine.
Also includes multimedia, Diagnosaurus differential diagnosis tool, practice guidelines, diagnostic tests, evidence-based outlines of conditions and disorders, self-assessment, patient education, integrated drug database, photos and illustrations, and cases.
Case Files Collection This link opens in a new window
Collection of basic science, clinical rotation, and post-graduate cases in an interactive format to help students learn and retain knowledge through exposure to realistic patient cases. Personalized functionality lets users mark their progress through cases.
Case Files: Teaching Cases Collection This link opens in a new window
This link is for faculty only and requires a separate username/password. Email medlib@belmont.edu if you need assistance.

100 peer reviewed cases, representing all key topics covered in both medical curricula and the USMLE. Cases are locked and can only be assigned by the instructors.

DSM-5 Clinical Cases
Presents patient cases that exemplify the mental disorders categorized in the the DSM-5. Cases are cross-referenced with DSM-5 and help the reader understand diagnostic concepts, including symptoms, severity, comorbidities, age of onset and development, dimensionality across disorders, and gender and cultural implications.
The Rational Clinical Examination: Evidence-Based Clinical Diagnosis
Available through JAMAevidence. A Primer on the Precision and Accuracy of the Clinical Examination. Each chapter includes embedded clinical case scenarios related to differential diagnosis and clinical examination.
VisualDx
VisualDx is a clinical decision support tool: search by symptoms, visual clues and other patient factors, by diagnosis, or by medication. VisualDx clinical decision support provides instant access to concise disease information and high-quality medical images to assist in diagnosis, to direct testing, and to guide management and therapy decisions.

VisualDx offers case studies in partnership with NEJM. They consist of a series of questions, and the answers are then shown to users. No faculty tools are included; faculty are not able to assign cases within the platform. Students could build their differential diagnosis within Dx and then share with faculty. CLICK HERE learn more about using Case Studies for teaching.

Tips for Searching for Cases in Databases

Tips for searching for cases in McGraw Hill databases (AccessMedicine, Case Files Collection).

Browse cases by topic:

Or, search for a case by keyword and then use the filters on the left side of the screen to filter by Format to Cases.

Click Expand the available results to see cases across all available McGraw Hill products.

How to use the Case Files: Teaching Cases
Dr. Toy's notes on using Teaching Cases for PBL.

Cases in Journals

NEJM Clinical Case Resource Center
BMC Journal of Medical Case Reports
BMJ Case Reports
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MedEdPORTAL
PubMed@Belmont
Search by keyword in PubMed and filter to Case Reports

Cases on the Web

AHS Teaching Cases (American Society of Hematology)
Cases are free to use, but you must create an account
ATS Clinical Cases
From the American Thoracic Society
Case Studies in Environmental Medicine
From the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
CT Case Studies
By Anatomical Region - Explore the numerous CT Scans, MRI, and X-Rays with the diagnosis in different anatomical regions and other Body CT topics. These case studies are designed for the education of medical professionals and radiologist.
Ethics Case Studies and Education Resources
From the American College of Physicians
Laboratory Identification of Parasites of Public Health Concern
DPDx Monthly Case Studies series from the CDC

Copyright for Cases

Be sure to cite all materials you use to develop cases and follow copyright and fair use guidelines.

See the Faculty Resources Training guide for copyright information for each subscription resource.

We recommend that you link to a case in Canvas and then add your own additional questions in Canvas to fit the case to your specific teaching needs.

See the Copyright in Teaching guide for more detailed information about copyright.

Faculty Curriculum Development Resources

Questions?

Student View in Case Files: Teaching Cases

Cases in Databases

Tips for Searching for Cases in Databases

Cases in Journals

Cases on the Web

Copyright for Cases