Medical Education

• American Association of Medical Colleges page covers: News & events, publications and resources, student and application info, medical education, research, health care. Searchable. Email newsletter with online subscription info.
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• AAMC Special Interest Group on Computers in Medical Education

• AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) Webserver has information on the AMIA organization, its strategic plan, publications, activities, and meetings, includes schedules, paper submission, and registration information for upcoming meetings. There is a description of AMIA's Working Groups including the Internet Working Group.

• AMSA- American Medical Student Association Info for medical students. Many links including links to residency information sites.

• AMSA WWW Homepage has task force info, and a software archive which has software and clip art, to download, including Notecard software for making review questions (includes 700 review questions), and has a good collection of medical education related links.

• Bionet Teaching and Learning Technology Programme has examples of use of computers teaching biology & preclinical medicine, software compendium (some histology, no pathology)

• Database of Online Canadian courses Online educational resource

• Cardiac Development CEU Module Animated graphics, video clips, and hot links that cover the steps from the primitive tube to 4-chambered heart and highlights septal development. Directed at nurses for continuing education. There is also: Ventricular Septal Defect CEU Module

• cognition, behavior, health and education a web site to serve those interested in cognition, behavior, health and education.

• Conference on Fair Use Guidelines for the fair use of electronic materials in a variety of nonprofit educational contexts.

• Medical Informatics UC Davis has an online conference, ICD-9 and DRG codes, telecytology study, informatics links, virtual autopsy, lots of links.

• DOCTOR'S INTERNET GUIDE Medical Conferences & Meetings

• Microscopy Primer, from FSU, shows how to set up and use a microscope, how to take photomicrographs.

• Dr. Edward R. Friedlander's Page, Pathology Chair, Osteopathic Med School in KC lists hobby and interests, programs to download, list of lecture outlines available by email (WordPerfect 4.2). Dr. Friedlander also maintains a mailing list PATHDOC for discussion of pathology education and for medical student pathology questions. To subscribe send email to maiser@alum.uhs.edu with SUBSCRIBE PATHDOC in the body of the message.

• Exam Master Corporation USMLE review courses on CD for sale

• Electronic Texts Info about texts available on the net

• Gold Standard Multimedia Commercial site with demos of Medical education software- pharmacology, interactive anatomy, radiologic anatomy.

• GRIPE Home page Membership info, office info, committee info, mail list info mailto:price@vms.ocom.okstate.edu, links to educational materials. Internet Resources. Officers and Members of GIRPE. List of Images on CD

• Health Science Libraries Consortium Software Database Contains listings of PC compatible and Macintosh programs used in health sciences education. Can be contacted directly by telnet. Login as CBL, for more info contact: Jerilyn Garofalo, Garofalo@shrsys.hslc.org.

• Histology, Hebrew U. Lectures short on text with illustrations of cell types.

• Information Quest Electronic Online Systems (EOS) International is a global library information management software and service company. We offer a comprehensive range of products and services to meet the needs of libraries of all types and sizes. ? Journal search service

• Instant Chat Please Note: International Pediatric Chat (IPC) is exclusively for Pediatric professionals. Parents and family members are prohibited from participating in live discussions. They are, however, welcome to observe. Requires registration

• Interactive Medical Student Lounge good set of general resources, some oriented more for students, cute link to Star trek Associated email list: mailto:MAISER@rmgate.pop.indiana.edu subscription message: sub medical

• The Interactive Patient (Marshall U.) The Interactive Patient is a WWW interactive medical education tool that simulates an actual patient encounter. Users ask a patient history questions, perform a physical exam, order laboratory and x-ray tests and submit a diagnosis and a treatment plan. Detailed feedback is provided. If site is busy, try this Mirror site. Contact: medicus@musom02.mu.wvnet.edu

• Med-Ed FTP site, U. of CA, Irvine has Health-info- com newsletters, mac software (no pathology), msdos software (some cp cases and test ordering exercise), clinical chemistry tutorial, info on multiple sclerosis & chronic fatigue synd, general internet tutorials (Zen, Hancock, etc.).

• Jefferson Medical College Pathology Education has on-line course syllabus, outline of pathology, searchable glossary, case-studies in many organ systems (brief history plus images and questions), other relevant images (not apparently searchable, has some questions but answers not given), on- line question bank (slow- telnet guest connection), past exams on-line, some faculty information.

• Lage Bengtsson Problem Based Learning project Use modern multimedia technique in simulations of typical patient cases within different disciplines, constructed to suit PBL, where special demands on the computer support have been fulfilled. The design is intended to stimulate student activity and discussions between students. Among other features, the simulations are totally controlled by the students and the communication with the program is in a "natural language".

• Loyola University Medical Education Network (LUMEN) curriculum text base, computer aided learning lab, some online lab images- histo, neuro, not yet path. DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN HEART.

• Health Information Research Unit, McMaster University Evidence-based medicine projects online, help system, and some overviews, links to the international Cochrane Collaboration, the Ontario Health Care Evaluation Network, the Evidence Based Medicine Working Group and the Clinical Informatics Network.

• Med Guide Plus The MEd Guide is a WebSite intended to help physicians, researchers, students of medicine and of the health sciences and everyone interested locate medical resources on the Internet.

• MEDI-CAL Medical Education Software catalogue at this site includes a Cardiac Auscultation Quiz,a Clinical medicine picture quiz, and a chemical pathology tutorial. All for IBM and compatible PCs.

• Medical Education Page Home page for newsgroup misc.education.medical has charter & FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), ftp sites, a large number of web sites of med schools.

• MedInfoPoli - Medical Informatics WWW server two primary aims: to provide a fast and structured access to information on the Internet related to medical informatics to allow for easy and fast input of information related to this specific field. Everyone accessing the Internet can upload data to the server.

• Medical Informatics WWW Site list Links to medical informatics sites around the world.

• MEDICAL- Medical Student Mail Discussion List subscription: mailto:MAISER@rmgate.pop.indiana.edu Subscription Message: SUB MEDICAL Associated with the on-line medical student lounge. Intended for discussion of exams, residencies, and other topics of interest to medical students. Many premeds participate.

• Medtech Education Home Page Medical Technology site with extensive links

• Memphis Educational Computer Connectivity Alliance (MECCA) MECCA (Memphis Educational Computer Connectivity Alliance) is a consortium of academic institutions within the Memphis, Tennessee area.

• Mouse and Rat Research Home Page Info for researchers who use rodents.

• Multimedia Reference Library

• Educational Technology Branch, NLM Databases of educational software, videodiscs, authoring software

• NYS DOH Lab Info about this public health lab. Links to other public health sites.

• Medical Education Modules, NYU has a list of modules, many only available locally, but some accessible from outside: embryology, hemep ath, infectious disease which includes microbe identification, and general pathology lab modules with images and questions to answer with feedback.

• WorldOrtho Orthopaedic Teaching Files Features clinico-pathological case studies, a bank of orthopaedic questions with answers, lecture notes, abstracts from landmark orthopaedic literature, and an orthopaedic discussion forum. Nepean Hospital, Australia.

• Center for Evidence- Based Medicine, Oxfordhas information about teaching and using evidence based medicine. Neat interface, click on the icon with the question mark at the top of the page for an explanation of all the other icons.

• Lightning Hypertext of Disease, Pathology Informatics, Inc has searchable packets of info on multiple diseases. Some packets give literature references. Company sells memberships or a CD product with additional features.

• Mnemonics Page medical mnemonics - geared toward medical students

• Prentice Hall (SDSS, SYSTAT) Claims to be the leading publisher of college course materials in the world.

• The Primary Care Internet Guide has a collection of links for primary care practitioners including relevant listings for occupational and environmental medicine, medical education, and software and informatics.

• Problem based learning- mailing list archive Archives of PBLIST, the Problem Based Learning Discussion List, which features discussion of applications of PBL to learning in the health sciences. To subscribe, send the message: SUBSCRIBE PBLIST FIRSTNAME LASTNAME, to LISTPROC@SPARKY.UTHSCSA.EDU.

• Pathology FTP, Queen's U Canada Course schedules and lecture outlines (wordperfect & ascii)

• Question Mark WWW tests for courses

• RAND Health Survey This 36-item, multiple-choice questionnaire is based on the "Short Form" SF-36. The survey is quick, easy, and confidential -- and you can compare your scores with the those of the 2,500 participants of the Medical Outcomes Study.

• Real Education Real Education's mission is to design, build, and manage complete online university campuses and continuing education centers

• Mediateque, Faculty of Medicine of Rennes (image database and multimedia syllabi in French) Medical informatics, college of Radiologists (images), Diagnostic aid, WWW links

• Slice of Life Info about the Slice of Life videodisk and educational programs that use it, some downloadable demos and some images.

• USC 2nd Year Learning programs has tutorials on renal diseases including case studies. An on-line collection of gifs includes renal diseases, also an assortment of general histology and electron microscopy images.

• Stanford Medical Informatics Course Info is an on-line brochure for one week courses given at Stanford. Combination of lecture and hands-on lab.

• Study Aids for Second-Year Students, U Tenn Microbiology mostly, pathology all from elsewhere: webpath, pathy, urbana

• U TX Houston Pathology Course Lecture Notes and Handouts Searchable text files

• Tulane Medical Center includes a large section on teaching software with on-line courseware (much is not available to outside access, some is), lots of medical education links, a very complete list of biomedical servers and a very complete list of informatics servers.

• UK Virtual Study Center Under construction

• UMDNJ Piscataway Gopher Prototype Neuroscience & RWJMS curricula, some questions (ID)

• The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education, Utah has images with text descriptions, tutorials, exam questions with explanations, case studies, histology manuals, searchable site.

• Ed Uthman's Home Page has a number of excellent short monographs aimed at students, residents and the general public including a tutorial on gross specimen photography good for residents, and one on lab test interpretation that would be good for students.

• Medical Education Pathology Study Images & Other Servers (U VA) Medical education sites listed, images not accessible outside UVA

• Virgil HTTP server, Vanderbilt Computer aided lessons mostly under construction, renal histology complete.

• VIRTUAL MEDICAL CENTER has pointers to thousands of Multimedia Medical Teaching Files/Manuals/Modules, Multimedia Medical Cases, and continuing Medical Education Courses, including a Pathology section.

• Teaching Critical Evaluation Skills for WWW Resources (Widener University) has a presentation and a set of checklists to help users analyze the quality of the information at various websites. Pages are classified as advocacy, business/marketing, informational, news, or personal. Quality criteria explained include authority, accuracy, objectivity, currency, and coverage. Extensive bibliography, with links. Also has links to pages to use as examples, including several medical ones.

• Proceedings from 2nd WWW conference '94 Electronic abstracts including sessions on medical education and health care delivery

• WWW courseware Online physics homework from MU.

• Wayne State CAI office Computer assisted instruction site at Wayne State U. with links to other CAI sites

• Web Site for General Pathology Students, Wisconsin class schedules, some text, lab materials including gross and microscopic images with annotation, CPC cases. All microscopic images were digitally obtained, all gross images were scanned. Annotation was performed using Aldus persuasion.- pretty but slow to download. It is linked to the Med school server.

• World Lecture Hall On- line course materials from many universities includes some anatomy, biochemistry, virtual hospital , virology, as well as internet resources (under "Library science") and lots of other things

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• Proceedings from 2nd WWW conference '94 Electronic abstracts including sessions on medical education and health care delivery

• Yale Center for Advanced Instructional Media Software, image gallery of anatomy of heart, projects described including a pathology teaching module project

• CLSEDUC-L, Clinical Laboratory Science / Medical Technology Discussion Group is an email list focussed primarily on Medical Technology education. Open to all Laboratory Educators at all levels of training. To subscribe, send the message: Subscribe CLSEDUC-L your email address, to listserv@LYNX.APSU.EDU.

• PRODS, the information interchange for Directors of Pathology Residency Programs subscribe: mailto:listproc@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu message: subscribe prods