ACOG Guidelines, officially called "Practice Bulletins" - they can be very useful in Family Medicine pre and post natal practice but can be difficult to locate. At U Mass, this is because we do NOT purchase content directly from ACOG but through another provider. So finding a guideline title directly on the ACOG site or via Google is easy but getting the full text is not. Below are step-by-step instructions to use to easily find the guideline AND the full text.
1. Visit the ACOG Practice Bulletin page.
2. Browse or search for a guideline. When found, record the bulletin number (e.g., 148 for 148 Thyroid disease in pregnancy)
3. Open PubMed from the library's homepage and in the search box, copy and paste the following search: "Obstet Gynecol"[Journal]
4. On the PubMed results page, add the bulletin number to the search followed by ti (the title tag) in square brackets (e.g., "Obstet Gynecol"[Journal] AND 148[ti])
5. The PubMed record for this bulliten should open. Click the UMMS "Click for Full Text" button and the full text of the bulletin will appear.
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