This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of The Medical Educational Council of Pensacola and FSU College of Medicine.  The Medical Educational Council of Pensacola is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians and takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

The Medical Educational Council of Pensacola designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

None of the faculty affiliated with the development and/or delivery of this faculty development module, including the speakers, facilitators or moderators, have any relationship with any commercial provider/s.

If you have questions about the Faculty Development program, contact:
Dr. Dennis Baker
dennis.baker@med.fsu.edu
850.644.2564

• Locate PubMed on the College of Medicine Library website.
• Identify various features of PubMed.
• Perform searches in PubMed.

• PubMed Pretest (Approx 5 minutes to complete, 1 MG)
  Prior to the pretest, you will see a screen asking if you wish to participate in a College of Medicine Faculty Development study.  If you wish to participate, type in your name and email address and click the "Submit" button.  If you don't, click the "No Thanks" button. 
  You will then be taken to the Pretest.  When asked for a name at the login window, type in your first name and your last name.
  The pretest doesn't have any sound.

Download the Flash Player here   It is free and easy to do.

• Search PubMed for an Author (Approx 3 min.)
• Searching PubMed by Author and Subject (Approx 1 min.)
• PubMed Simple Subject Search Example (Approx 1 min.)
• Search for a Journal (Approx 5 min.)
• Retrieving Citations from a Journal Issue (Approx 1 min.)
• Finding Full-Text E-Journals in PubMed (Approx 4 min.)
• Searching with the MeSH Database (Approx 3 min.)
• Combining MeSH Terms Using the MeSH Database (Approx 4 min.)
• Applying Subheadings and Other Features of the MeSH Database (Approx 5 min.)
• Getting Started with My NCBI (Approx 5 min.)

• PubMed Quiz and Evaluation Form (Approx 1 hour to complete, 1 MG)
  When asked for a name at the login window, type in your first name and your last name.
  The quiz and evaluation don't have any sound.

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Ebbert JO, Dupras DM, Erwin PJ. Searching the medical literature using PubMed: a tutorial. Mayo Clin Proc. 2003 Jan;78(1):87-91.

Ebbert JO, Dupras DM, Erwin PJ. Using advanced search tools on PubMed for citation retrieval. Mayo Clin Proc. 2004 Oct;79(10):1295-9; quiz 1300.

Jenuwine ES, Floyd JA. Comparison of Medical Subject Headings and text-word searches in MEDLINE to retrieve studies on sleep in healthy individuals. J Med Libr Assoc. 2004 Jul;92(3):349-53.

Vincent B, Vincent M, Ferreira CG. Making PubMed searching simple: learning to retrieve medical literature through interactive problem solving. Oncologist. 2006 Mar;11(3):243-51.