Read by QxMD provides a single place to discover new research, read outstanding topic reviews and search PubMed.
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Read by QxMD aims to provide a single place to keep up with newly published medical & scientific research articles.
It is easy to set-up, employs an alerts-based approach to notifications, and displays content in the style of a personalised digital journal.
Features:
Recommendation: This app is ideal for tracking newly published content and for bookmarking articles for CPD purposes.
Download the Read by QxMD app:
You can download the app through the QxMD website:
https://www.qxmd.com/apps/read-by-qxmd-app
Or via one of these links:
iOS (iTunes App Store) - Access: Free
Android (Google Play) - Access: Free
Web app - Access: Free
Signing in:
Once you have downloaded the app, ANZCA and FPM Fellows and trainees will need to create a user account (see sidebar), which will allow them to keep up-to-date on their specialist topics, favourite journals and so on.
Setting up institutional/full-text access:
User accounts can be used to personalise access, set up notifications and download PDF content for the Read by QxMD app.
It is possible to set up the Read by QxMD app to send SMS-style alerts/email notifications based on a whole range of settings, including publication of articles related to chosen specialties, journals, collections and keywords.
Add articles to a Collection
Share a Collection
The collection can now be selected by other users (see Notifications/Alerts box).
To Follow a Collection
Note: This assumes the user has downloaded the app and created a profile.
It is possible to request articles via the Read by QxMD app.
Note: Please ensure you have set up institutional access/full-text access (see Download & access instructions) before attempting to request articles.
ANZCA's Institutional Edition of Read by QxMD allows the ANZCA Library to create "campaigns" to promote significant published research papers to its over 2100 ANZCA & FPM users.
The papers contained in the campaign display as Promoted Research and is highly visible when the user logs into the Read by QxMD app or receives an alert email.
Users are then able to link through to the full-text (where available) or request an article via document delivery if there is no full-text available via the ANZCA library.
To date Read by QxMD campaigns for promoted papers has resulted in 42,732 impressions and 1800 direct views.
Previous campaigns have included:
If you are interested in setting up a Read by QxMD campaign for your paper/s or research project, then contact the ANZCA library via the library feedback form.
Access via your desktop
It is possible to access Read by QxMD on your desktop:
Staying current with Read by QxMD - learn how to quickly get up and running to stay current with Read by QxMD in this brief introduction to Read by QxMD (includes new article alerts).
Tips & tricks
There are two research-related collections maintained fo the benefit of ANZCA:
Both collections can be followed, ensuring users receive notifications of any new publications added to either collection.
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