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E-Mail Discussion Groups

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The Clinical Laboratory Educators Discussion List, supported by Austin Peay State University, promotes open discussion of issues relevant to education and practice in the medical/clinical laboratory. To join send the following message, "subscribe clseduc-l your-name" to LISTSERV@APSU01.APSU.EDU

Go to the Purdue University Cytometry Laboratory site to subscribe to their e-mail discussion group or search the group archives.

To subscribe to MEDLAB-L, an e-mail discussion group for laboratory professionals, send the message "SUBSCRIBE MEDLAB-L YOUR-NAME" to listserv@acsu.buffalo.edu Subscribers have access to searchable archives.

NAME-L is the listserv for National Association of Medical Examiners members. Instructions about joining and archives are available at Emory University.

The general pathology listserv, PATHO-L, has moved to the University of Alberta. To subscribe, send "SUBSCRIBE PATHO-L" in the body of a message to majordomo@ualberta.ca The list is also available in digest format , where you get a periodic compilation versus separate messages (the directive is "SUBSCRIBE PATHO-L DIGEST"). See their page on newsgroups.

The Society for Pediatric Pathology has posted instructions on subscribing to the e-mail Pediatric Pathology discussion group (PEDPATH Listserve).

The intention of the Inborn-errors mail list is to provide a discussion of research into inherited metabolic diseases. The list is a part of the UK's National Academic Mailing List Service (JISCmail).

METAB-L is a mailing list on inborn errors of metabolism. It is intended for physicians, biochemists and scientists. Their web page has subscription information.

Usenet Newsgroups

• sci.med.informatics
• sci.med.laboratory
• sci.med.pathology
• sci.med.telemedicine
• bionet.diagnostics.prenatal
• misc.education.medical

There are many other bionet groups. UR Pathology staff, if you can't access these newsgroups, call Dennis Watrous (page ID 1063) to configure Outlook Express for you.

Those who don't have access to a newsgroup server can read archived postings at Google.com and other locations. Yahoo has an Internet>Usenet directory.

Unfortunately, as the web has grown, newsgroups have become more susceptible to commercial and obnoxious messages.