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Culture CluesCyberanatomy Tutorials
eMedicine
Ethnomed
Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
healthtraining.org
Helping Health Workers Learn
Innovative Partnership in Global Health Education
International Federation of Medical Students Associations
Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education
Medical Student.com
Medical Teaching
Patient Safety Solutions
Physical Exam Study Guide
Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine
Public Health: OpenCourseWare
Screening Physical Exam
tropED
Vital Signs
World Federation for Medical Education (WFME)
World Lecture Hall
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Culture
Clues
Culture Clues provides advice for healthcare providers who
are caring for people from cultures other than their own. The
resource includes seven pdf files on the care of Albanians,
African Americans, Chinese, Korean, Latin Americans, Russians
and Vietnamese. The advice is targeted to US doctors but is
useful worldwide. The files have been developed by the
Patient and Family Education Services, Medical College,
University of Washington, U.S. http://depts.washington.edu/pfes/cultureclues.html
Cyberanatomy
Tutorials
This site contains anatomy tutorials, using graphics, audio
and video. It includes tutorials on the skull, eye, and
brachial arches. It also includes a few clinical tutorials
(eg lumbar puncture; epidural anaesthesia) and clinical
examinations of the breast, chest, back, abdomen and knee.
The site is maintained by the University of Newcastle on
Tyne, UK. http://mbbs-anatomy.ncl.ac.uk/
eMedicine
The site includes an
extensive and detailed subject list of summaries of medical
conditions. Each summary contains an outline of clinical
information, workup, treatment, medication and follow-up for
each condition. Also, the site is a 'continuing medical
education' resource, targeted mainly to U.S. physicians.
http://www.emedicine.com/specialties.htm
Ethnomed (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
This site provides medical and cultural information that
relates to health care of the following cultural groups:
Amharic, Cambodian, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Mexican,
Oromo, Somali, Tigrean, Vietnamese. The site is designed for
use by health professionals in the USA, but is useful for any
health professional who deals with patients from a diverse
range of cultures. The site is maintained by the Harborview
Medical Center, University of Washington, U.S. http://www.ethnomed.org/
Geneva Foundation
for Medical Education and Research (Focus on
Low-Income Countries) (French, Italian,
Spanish)
This site contains several full-text publications on health,
reproductive healthcare and family planning, in English,
French, Italian and Spanish. The Foundation has a focus on
Francophone regions, and developing and transitional
countries. The site is a collaboration with WHO Collaborating
Centre in Education and Research in Human Reproduction.
http://www.gfmer.ch/000_Homepage_En.htm
healthtraining.org (Focus
on Low-Income Countries)
The website provides comprehensive information on
postgraduate training and further education in the field of
International Health. The site is accessed by a set of search
criteria: topic, institution, country, type of degree and
language. It is maintained by Medicus Mundi Switzerland, the
Swiss Network of Organizations for International Cooperation
in Health Care. http://www.healthtraining.org/
Helping Health
Workers Learn ( Focus on Low-Income Countries)
(Spanish)
The site links to the fulltext pdf. version of 'Helping
Health Workers', a book of methods, aids, and ideas for
instructors at the village level. Including hundreds of
drawing and photographs, it has been written for instructors
and health workers who serve the underserved in developing
countries. The material is available in Spanish and is
authored by David Werner and Bill Bower. http://healthwrights.org/books/helpinghwlearn.htm
Innovative Partnership in Global Health
Education (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
This is a series of international health modules from The
School of Medicine at the University of Wales Swansea, UK and
the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. They
include self-paced powerpoint modules on: the global burden
of health, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, tuberculosis, obesity and an
introduction to medical parasitology. http://www.medicine.swan.ac.uk/inthealth.html
International
Federation of Medical Students Associations
The IFMSA promotes international cooperation and exchange of
ideas and experience among medical students worldwide.
http://www.ifmsa.org/
Internet
Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education
The site is a resource of over 1900 pathology images with
text, tutorials, lab exercises and examination questions for
self-assessment. The site is maintained by the College of
Medicine, Florida State University, U.S. http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html
Medical
Student.com
This is a digital library of authoritative medical
information designed to help all students of medicine. It
includes links to medical textbooks, simulated consultations,
patient education, consumer health information, medical
organizations and other sites of interest. The links are
selected by peer review. http://www.medicalstudent.com/
Medical
Teaching (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
Medical Teaching is an Internet gateway that has been
produced for medical school tutors in Africa. The resources
are arranged by subject and by type of resource (database,
discussion list, teaching resource etc). The project is
supported by the Wellcome Trust, Royal College of Paediatrics
and Child Health and the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine
& Hygiene, UK. http://www.medicalteaching.org/
Patient Safety
Solutions
Launched in May 2007, the WHO and Joint Commission
International have developed a site titled 'Nine patient
safety solutions'. The goal of this endeavor is to help
reduce the toll of health care-related harm affecting
millions of patients worldwide. The topics range from
look-alike medication names to control of electrolyte
solutions, avoiding catheter and tubing misconnections and
single use injection devices. All solutions are available as
downloadable PDF files. http://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/24839a>
Physical Exam Study
Guide
The site reviews the principle components of a physical
examination. For each component, it summarizes the equipment
needed, general considerations and diagnostic particulars.
The site is a study guide for medical students and is
maintained by the University of Florida, College of Medicine,
U.S. http://medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/bcs/clist/
Practical Guide to
Clinical Medicine
The site explains all aspects of history-taking and physical
examination. It is written for medical students and other
health professionals. The site is maintained by the
University of California, San Diego (U.S.), School of
Medicine. http://medicine.ucsd.edu/clinicalmed/
Public
Health: OpenCourseWare
This Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, U.S.
site contains the initial phase of OpenCourseWare project.
The objective of this endeavor is to provide free,
searchable, access to JHSPH's course materials for educators,
students, and self-learners throughout the world. These
Internet based courses are self-paced and do not require
registration nor grant degrees or certificates. Currently
containing fifteen courses, the project plans to add up to
one hundred courses by the end of the decade. One of the
courses is specifically related to "Training Methods and
Continuing Education for Health Workers" in developing
countries:
http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/TrainingMethodsContinuingEducation/index.cfm
http://ocw.jhsph.edu/
Screening
Physical Exam
The site is a detailed, illustrated outline of a physical
exam. It is organized by systems of the body (nervous system,
cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, etc.) The site is maintained
by the School of Medicine, Loyola University, Chicago, U.S.
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/medicine/pulmonar/pd/contents.htm
tropEd (Focus on Low-Income
Countries)
This website gives a survey tropical medicine and
international health courses organized by institutes and
universities in 13 European countries: course descriptions,
academic regulations, scholarships, practical information,
news and events. http://www.troped.de/
Vital
Signs (Focus on Low-Income Countries)
The site is a 'best practice information sheet' for vital
signs based on a systematic review of research. It is
organized by vital sign (respiratory rate, pulse, blood
pressure and temperature). The site is maintained by the
Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence Based Nursing and
Midwifery, Australia. http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/best_practice/bp8.php
World Federation for
Medical Education (WFME)
WFME is the global organisation concerned with education and
training of medical doctors. The site contains information
about WFME, its journal Medical Education (not freely
available except through schemes such as Synergy), and links
to related organizations. http://www.wfme.org/
World
Lecture Hall
The World Lecture Hall links to academic institutions that
use the Web to deliver course materials. It includes courses
in anatomy, biochemistry, biotechnology, gerontology,
medicine, microbiology, neuroscience, nursing, psychology and
statistics. The site is maintained by the University of Texas
at Austin, U.S. http://www.vcu.edu/mdcweb/english/
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Updated: 10 April 2008
