As part of changes announced Mar. 1, 2023, starting in December 2023, the CMA no longer includes clinical tools and services as part of CMA membership. The following information is aimed to help physicians and medical learners locate alternate sources of clinical information.
- Subscription and discount options
- Alternative clinical information providers
- Alternative sources of clinical practice guidelines
Subscription and discount options
ClinicalKey
Different subscription packages are available through the publisher, Elsevier. Please note that subscription discounts are available for institutional subscriptions only. To inquire about an institutional subscription to ClinicalKey Flex, please contact Shelley Singh ([email protected]).
CPS
Canadian drug and therapeutic information is available through the Canadian Pharmacists Association. Discounts are available for groups of five (5) physicians or more. Please contact CPhA at [email protected] or 800-917-9489.
DynaMed
Point-of-care summaries are available through EBSCO Health. Physicians who are interested in purchasing an annual subscription to DynaMed can do so at a special rate. To receive a 25% individual discount, please click here (offer is valid until Dec. 31, 2024). Additional discounts are available for physician group purchases and institutional subscriptions. Please contact:
- Tracey Samson, Vice President of Medical Sales (Eastern Canada) – [email protected]
- Christian Patrick, Vice President of Medical Sales (Western Canada) – [email protected]
POEMs and Essential Evidence Plus
Daily emails and point-of-care information are available through Wiley publishing.
As of November 2024, daily POEMs emails are available free of charge through Virtual Hallway.
UpToDate
Point-of-care information is available through Wolters Kluwer. To save 10% on your annual or longer personal UpToDate subscription renewal, use the coupon code CMA10 applicable for practicing physicians, residents and students. The discount is valid until December 31, 2024. Discounts are also available from the Canadian Federation of Medical Students, the Quebec Medical Federation of Students and the Ontario Medical Association.
Alternative clinical information service providers
Physicians and medical learners may have access to clinical information tools and/or library services through alternative providers, including hospitals, health systems, medical school libraries or other organizations.
National & International
- College of Family Physicians of Canada - Library
- American College of Physicians - Clinical Resources (DynaMed access)
Alberta
- Alberta Health Services — Knowledge Resource Service (related announcement) (CPS and DynaMed access)
- Covenant Health Library services (includes Grey Nuns Health Sciences Library and the Misericordia Weinlos Library)
- University of Alberta — Geoffrey & Robyn Sperber Health Sciences Library (ClinicalKey, CPS and DynaMed access)
- University of Calgary — Health Sciences Library (ClinicalKey, CPS and DynaMed access)
British Columbia
- BC Children’s and Women’s Hospitals Library (CPS and UpToDate access)
- Divisions of Family Practice (UpToDate access)
- Fraser Health Medical Staff Library (UpToDate access)
- Island Health Library Services (CPS and UpToDate access)
- Interior Health Library Services (CPS and UpToDate access)
- Northern Health Library Services (CPS and UpToDate access)
- Provincial Health Services Authority Library (CPS and UpToDate access)
- St. Paul’s Hospital Library
- University of British Columbia — Woodward Library (ClinicalKey, CPS and DynaMed access)
- Vancouver Coastal Health Library (UpToDate access)
- Vancouver General Hospital — UBC Biomedical Branch Library
Manitoba
- Manitoba's Health Information and Knowledge Network (MHIKNET) (UpToDate access)
- University of Manitoba — Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library (ClinicalKey, CPS and UpToDate access)
- Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Library (ClinicalKey, CPS and UpToDate access)
New Brunswick
- Dalhousie University — Medicine New Brunswick Library (CPS and DynaMed access)
- Horizon Health Network Library Services
- University of New Brunswick (UpToDate access)
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Eastern Health Library Services (CPS and UpToDate access)
- Memorial University Libraries — Health Sciences Library (CPS and DynaMed access)
Northwest Territories
- Government of Northwest Territories – Health and Social Services (UpToDate access)
Nova Scotia
- Dalhousie University — W.K. Kellogg Health Sciences Library (CPS and DynaMed access)
- IWK Health Centre Health Sciences Library (ClinicalKey, CPS, Essential Evidence Plus/POEMs and UpToDate access)
- Nova Scotia Health – Library Services (related announcement) (ClinicalKey, CPS and Essential Evidence Plus/POEMs)
Ontario
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Library (CPS and DynaMed access)
- Hamilton Health Sciences staff libraries (click on HHS STAFF tab) (CPS and DynaMed access)
- Health Sciences North Library (CPS and UpToDate access)
- Mackenzie Health Vaughan Library (Vaughan Public Libraries)
- McMaster University Health Sciences Library (ClinicalKey, CPS and DynaMed access)
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) Library (ClinicalKey, CPS and UpToDate access)
- The Ottawa Hospital Library Services (CPS access)
- Providence Care Health Sciences Library Services (CPS and DynaMed access via Queen’s Bracken Health Sciences Library)
- Queen’s University — Bracken Health Sciences Library (CPS and DynaMed access)
- The Royal - Mental Health and Addictions Resource Libraries (UpToDate access)
- Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre Health Library (Barrie) (UpToDate access)
- SickKids Library (DynaMed access via University of Toronto Library)
- St. Joseph's Care Group Library (Thunder Bay)
- St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton Library Services (DynaMed access)
- Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries (CPS and UpToDate access)
- University of Ottawa — Health Sciences Library (CPS and DynaMed access)
- University of Toronto — Gerstein Science Information Centre (CPS, DynaMed and UpToDate access)
- University Health Network (UHN) Virtual Library - Health Science Information Consortium of Toronto (ClinicalKey, CPS and UpToDate access) includes:
- Toronto General Hospital Library
- Toronto Western Hospital Library
- Toronto Rehab University Centre Library
- Toronto Rehab Rumsey Cardiac Library
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Library
- University of Toronto Libraries — Hospital libraries (CPS access) includes
- Baycrest Health Information Centre
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
- Humber River Hospital
- Lakeridge Health Sciences Library
- Markham Stouffville Hospital
- Oak Valley Health Library
- Michael Garron Hospital
- Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences Library
- Providence Healthcare [Kathleen Meagher Health Sciences Library]
- Scarborough Health Network
- Sinai Health System Library Services (ClinicalKey and CPS access)
- Trillium Health Partners – CVH (UpToDate access)
- Trillium Health Partners – MH (UpToDate access)
- West Park Healthcare Centre
- Women’s College Hospital, Health Sciences Library)
- Western Ontario Health Knowledge Network (WOHKN) includes
- Brightshores Health System
- London Health Sciences Centre (CPS access)
- St. Joseph's Health Care London (CPS)
- Woodstock Hospital (CPS access)
- Windsor Regional Hospital (ClinicalKey and DynaMed access)
- Western University Libraries — Allyn & Betty Taylor Library (CPS, DynaMed and Essential Evidence Plus access)
- William Osler Health System Research Library Services
Quebec
- Bibliothèques du CHU Sainte-Justine (affilié à l'UdeM) (French only)
- Bibliothèque du CHUM (affilié à l'UdeM) (French only) (ClinicalKey access)
- Bibliothèque du CIUSSS de l'Estrie — CHUS (French only) (DynaMed access)
- Bibliothèques du CISSS de Laval (French only) (UpToDate access)
- CIUSSS West-Central Montreal Library Services (UpToDate access)
- McGill University Health Centre Libraries (UpToDate access)
- McGill University Library — Health & biological sciences (ClinicalKey, CPS and DynaMed access)
- RUISSS de l'UdeM — Consortium des ressources électroniques (French only)
- Université de Montréal bibliothèques — Sciences de la santé (French only) (CPS access)
- Université de Sherbrooke — Bibliothèque des sciences de la santé (French only) (ClinicalKey, CPS and DynaMed access)
- Université Laval — Bibliothèque médecine (French only) (CPS and DynaMed access)
Saskatchewan
- Saskatchewan Health Authority Library (CPS and DynaMed access)
- Saskatchewan Health Information Resources Program (SHIRP) (CPS and DynaMed access)
- University of Saskatchewan — Leslie and Irene Dubé Health Sciences Library (ClinicalKey, CPS and DynaMed access)
Yukon
- Yukon Medical Association — Membership and Benefit Programs (UpToDate access)
Selected sources of clinical practice guidelines
Canadian guidelines
Alberta Health Services Cancer Screening Programs
Alberta Health Service Cancer Guidelines
BC guidelines
British Columbia Cancer Agency Cancer Management Manual
British Columbia Centre for Disease Control - Antimicrobial Stewardship for Healthcare Professionals
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
British Columbia Centre on Substance Use
Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society
Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver
Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
Canadian Association of Radiologists
Canadian Cardiovascular Society
Canadian Chiropractic Association
Canadian Coalition for seniors' Mental Health
Canadian Health Network - key clinical guidelines and statements
Canadian College of Medical Geneticists
Canadian Immunization Guide
Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments
Canadian Paediatric Society
Canadian Psychiatric Association
Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (click the Guidance tab to see a list of guidelines)
Canadian Rheumatology Association
Canadian Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology
Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
Canadian Thoracic Society
Canadian Urological Association
Cancer Care Ontario's Program in Evidence-based Care
CancerCare Manitoba
CMAJ Guidelines
Committee to Advise on Tropical Medicine and Travel (CATMAT)
Diabetes Canada
Family Practice Oncology Network (BC)
Guidelines and Protocols Advisory Committee (BC) - partner guidelines
Health Quality Ontario - Quality Standards
Health Quality Ontario - Guidance
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (Canadian Stroke Best Practices)
Hypertension Canada - Canadian Hypertension Education Program
Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux
Kidney Cancer Research Network of Canada
Lymphoma Canada
National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)
Nova Scotia Health Authority Cancer Care Standards and Guidelines
Obesity Canada
Parkinson Canada
Patients Experience Evidence Research (PEER)
Pediatric Oncology Group Of Ontario
Perinatal Services BC
Saskatchewan Cancer Agency
Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
Therapeutics Initiative (The University of British Columbia)
Thrombosis Canada
Toward Optimized Practice [Alberta]
Wounds Canada
International guidelines
Guideline Central (US)
ECRI Guidelines Trust
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
TRIP database – a medical database that includes international guidelines, including Canadian ones
Guidelines International Network (GIN) International Guidelines Library