This guide outlines the resources we strongly recommend contributors use when creating and submitting cards to the Malleus deck.

Last Updated: 20/05/2025

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If “caution” (⚠️) is noted, it means the resource is likely an overseas resource and must be cross-checked with other local resources if being used.

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Please note the following links with an asterisk or “*” at the end are resources which are available as PDFs on our Google Drive (linked below) to download, both in PDF form as well as exported in .PNG per the relevant pages. We are strictly sharing this under the fair use provisions for education under Australian Copyright law.

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Access our Google Drive for dedicated PDFs and .PNG exports of various resources cited below here. Please contact us if you would like us to upload a resource that is missing.

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• Internal Medicine
  • Therapeutic Guidelines (management)
  • PassMed (general content, caution with investigations/management)
  • AMBOSS (general content, excluding management)
  • StatPearls (general content, excluding management)
  • RACP College-specific Clinical Guidelines (i.e. GESA for Gastroenterology)
  • Marshall & Ruedy's On Call: Principles & Protocols ANZ 3e* (also in Textbooks database)
• Surgery
  • Therapeutic Guidelines (management)
  • ⚠️ TeachMeSurgery (general content, caution with investigations/management)
  • Marshall & Ruedy's On Call: Principles & Protocols ANZ 3e* (also in Textbooks database)
• Paediatrics
  • RCH Melbourne clinical guidelines (all topics, including management)
  • Therapeutic Guidelines (pharmacological management, please compare to RCH and make source clear in card text)
  • State-based guidelines (i.e. school exclusion rules for infectious diseases, vaccination schedules)
  • ⚠️ PassMed (general content not otherwise defined in RCH, caution with investigations/management)
• Psychiatry
  • DSM-V* (diagnosis)
  • RANZCP guidelines (investigations, management)
  • PsychDB (pharmacology not otherwise defined in Therapeutic Guidelines)
  • Therapeutic Guidelines (management)
  • State-based legislation (sectioning under a Treatment Authority or equivalent)
  • ⚠️ PassMed (general content, caution with investigations/management)
• 🚑 Critical Care
  • LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane (vast majority of topics)
  • NSW Health Emergency Care Institute flowcharts (relevant flowcharts not otherwise defined in LITFL)
  • Marshall & Ruedy's On Call: Principles & Protocols ANZ 3e* (also in Textbooks database)
• Sexual Health Medicine
  • STI Guidelines Australia | Australian STI Guidelines website ****(all topics, including management)
  • Therapeutic Guidelines (please compare to STI Guidelines, and note any discrepancies in the extra field)
• Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • RANZCOG Clinical Guidelines
  • State-based guidelines (i.e. abortion law, good flowcharts as per QLD Health)
  • Therapeutic Guidelines, SOMANZ, RCOG may be used as appropriate
  • ⚠️ Teach Me Gynaecology (general content, caution with management)
  • Llewellyn-Jones Fundamentals of Obstetrics and Gynaecology EBSCOHost
• Pharmacology
  • AMH Online (all topics)
  • Goodman & Gilman's: The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 14th Edition
• Ethics and Law
  • Good Medical Practice
  • State/Cth legislation (i.e. Gillick Competence)
• Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine
  • Brukner & Khan's Clinical Sports Medicine

Miscellaneous Topics:

• Clinical Examination Findings and Approach
  • T&OC’s Clinical Examination 8e* (also in Textbooks database)
  • Mechanisms of Clinical Signs 2e* (also in Textbooks database)
• Reference Values for Lab Investigations
  • RCPA website
• Driving License Requirements after medical event
  • Austroads Assessing Fitness to Drive (2022 ed)* (also in Guidelines database)
• Electrolyte Prescribing Guidelines
  • Prescribing Guidelines for Electrolyte Disturbances in Adults (QLD Health, but applies nationally)