Comments on: CureHunter Visual Medical “Dictionary” (MeSH Browser) http://davidrothman.net/2007/08/31/curehunter-visual-medical-dictionary-mesh-browser/ Health Information | Geekery Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:42:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: davidrothman.net » Blog Archive » Healia searches PubMed/Medline http://davidrothman.net/2007/08/31/curehunter-visual-medical-dictionary-mesh-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-119924 davidrothman.net » Blog Archive » Healia searches PubMed/Medline Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:44:53 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2007/08/31/curehunter-visual-medical-dictionary-mesh-browser/#comment-119924 [...] CureHunter Visual Medical “Dictionary” (MeSH Browser) [...] [...] CureHunter Visual Medical “Dictionary” (MeSH Browser) [...]

]]> By: David Rothman http://davidrothman.net/2007/08/31/curehunter-visual-medical-dictionary-mesh-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-119087 David Rothman Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:19:02 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2007/08/31/curehunter-visual-medical-dictionary-mesh-browser/#comment-119087 Hi Duncan- Yep- that's why it is a MeSH browser and not a dictionary. Berci- Yep! -David Hi Duncan-

Yep- that’s why it is a MeSH browser and not a dictionary.

Berci- Yep!

-David

]]> By: Berci Meskó http://davidrothman.net/2007/08/31/curehunter-visual-medical-dictionary-mesh-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-119085 Berci Meskó Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:00:44 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2007/08/31/curehunter-visual-medical-dictionary-mesh-browser/#comment-119085 Excuse me for that, David. It seems we get similar e-mails, don't we? :) Excuse me for that, David. It seems we get similar e-mails, don’t we? :)

]]> By: Duncan http://davidrothman.net/2007/08/31/curehunter-visual-medical-dictionary-mesh-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-119084 Duncan Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:59:17 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2007/08/31/curehunter-visual-medical-dictionary-mesh-browser/#comment-119084 This is quite a slick tool, but unfortunately it doesn't map to MeSH headings if you type in a non-MeSH term. For example, typing in "heart attack" gives no results. Doing the same in Ovid or EBSCO Medline will bring up the correct MeSH term "Myocardial Infarction". This limits its effectiveness as a learning tool for students who are in the process of transitioning from popular vocabulary to describe medical conditions to the vocabulary used by medical professionals. This is quite a slick tool, but unfortunately it doesn’t map to MeSH headings if you type in a non-MeSH term. For example, typing in “heart attack” gives no results. Doing the same in Ovid or EBSCO Medline will bring up the correct MeSH term “Myocardial Infarction”.

This limits its effectiveness as a learning tool for students who are in the process of transitioning from popular vocabulary to describe medical conditions to the vocabulary used by medical professionals.

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