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Reviewed Resources:
101.Dermatology image bank
This is excellent educational material, including a high quality image database. It describes anatomy and physiology of the skin, common dermatological disorders, procedure videos and a self-testing quiz.
Purpose: Learning, Simulation.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:102
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://medstat.med.utah.edu/kw/derm/
102.{:S
Neurology & Clinical Neurophysiology is an online, peer-reviewed
journal with a broad scope encompassing both clinical and basic science
topics of human neurology, neuroscience and related fields. It is the
official journal of the American Academy of Clinical Neurophysiology (AACN)
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Reference index:28
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-journals/NCN
103.Molecular Human Reproduction
Molecular Human Reproduction publishes articles on the molecular aspects of reproductive physiology and pathology, endocrinology, andrology, gonad function, gametogenesis, and more. The diagnosis and investigation of genetic disease are also covered. Site allows users to browse an archive of previous issues; both abstracts and full-text articles are available for most issues at no cost.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:214
Price:209.0000
URL:http://molehr.oupjournals.org/
104.WebMD - Health
WebMD is one of the most comprehensive sources of medical information on the web. More than 100 professionals update the site daily with current and thorough information on topics such as clinical informatics, nursing, neurology, emergency medicine, and exercise physiology, to name just a few. Tailor the site to your own health interests with the myWebMD feature. You're almost guaranteed to find something about whatever health-related topic you're researching on this enormous and smartly-designed site.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Patients.
Reference index:28090
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://my.webmd.com/
105.Stedman's Electronic Medical Dictionary CD-Rom
Stedman's Electronic Medical Dictionary is a CD-ROM that contains over 102,000 medical words and now includes over 1,000 images, complete with definitions, pronunciations, etymologies, and hyphenations. All information comes directly from the printed edition of Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 26th Edition.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Nurses.
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.stedmans.com/index2.cfm?id=18&product_id=114
106.Student Medics - The Award Winning Medical Student Resource Site
This is excellent UK based medical student resource
site.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Students.
Reference index:30
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.studentmedics.co.uk/
107.Welcome to APS
The American Physiological Society has a mission to fostering scientific research, education, and to disseminate scientific information in area of physiology. They offers excellent teaching modules on science activities and laboratories prepared for elementary, middle, high school, and junior college/college level. Materials are well selected by author/project name (teacher/developer's last name or publication name or project name); by scientific subject; by grade level; by pedagogy; and by activity materials required.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Reference index:1706
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.the-aps.org/
108.The Health Care Net
This site provides a catalog of medical software and multimedia products, along with links to pages that list medical job opportunities for physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, occupational therapists, and EMTs. Site offers secure online ordering of all products.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Nurses.
Reference index:39
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://www.thehealthcarenet.com/
109.Interactive Respiratory Physiology
Interactive Respiratory Physiology provides real-time animation, movies, full-color illustrations, an encyclopedia, and a dictionary, all in an effort to explain the science of human respiration. This site focuses on breathing mechanics, static conditions, and obstructive and restrictive disease states. Quizzes allow users to test their knowledge.
Purpose: Learning, Simulation.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:90
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://omie.med.jhmi.edu/res_phys/index.html
110.Organising Medical Networked Information
Organising Medical Networked Information (OMNI) is a UK-based gateway to Internet resources in medicine, biomedicine, allied health, health management, and related topics. It provides comprehensive coverage of the resources in this area and access to high-quality websites worldwide (though mostly in the UK). Site allows searches and browsing by MeSH or NLM subject headings.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:16911
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://omni.ac.uk/
111.Atlas of Hematology
This atlas of hematology, produced by a Japanese hospital, includes an image database of excellent quality (which documents both normal and pathologic smears) along with case descriptions of patients suffering from a variety of blood-related diseases, including leukemia, lymphoma, iron-deficiency anemia, and more.
Purpose: Learning, Simulation.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Reference index:112
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://pathy.med.nagoya-u.ac.jp/atlas/doc/
112.ACAAI 1996 Annual Meeting on CD-ROM
The American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, SilverPlatter Education, and Rh(ne-Poulenc Rorer offers over 24 hours of presentations from the ACAAI Meeting held in Boston, November 8-13, 1996 recorded onto 4 multimedia CD-ROMs.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://php2.silverplatter.com/products/prod_page/products.cfm?id=ACAIPU96
Order CD-ROM URL:http://php2.silverplatter.com/products/prod_page/products.cfm?id=ACAIPU96
113.Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy: Effective Patient Care
This CD-ROM helps physicians and other health care professionals with an in-depth education on the epidemiology, physiology, and long-term changes associated with menopause. The risks and benefits of hormone replacement therapy and alternative µtreatments¦ are fully addressed.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Nurses.
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://php2.silverplatter.com/products/prod_page/products.cfm?id=MHRTPUXX
Order CD-ROM URL:http://php2.silverplatter.com/products/prod_page/products.cfm?id=MHRTPUXX
114.Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
The Journal of Medicinal Chemistryá rapidly publishes original research dealing with the correlation of molecular structure to biological activity, focusing on the relationships of chemistry to biological activity. This includes design and synthesis of novel biologically active compounds; molecular modifications designed to target drugs to specific tissues; the role of metabolism in drug actions; application of NMR and X-ray crystallography to investigate molecular recognition at receptors; molecular modeling studies that furnish fresh insight into the design of novel agents; and molecular biology studies to study the interaction of ligands and receptors. Journal also prints a Perspective series that pertains to a single research topic, communications, brief articles, and book review. Site has links to other American Chemical Society publications.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Reference index:705
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://pubs.acs.org/journals/jmcmar/
115.The Merck Manual of Medical Information, Home Edition CD-ROM
The Merck Manual on CD-ROM includes a package of illustrations, photographs, animations, and videos, along with more than 1,800 audio pronunciations. Its thorough and jargon-free presentations offer authoritative, up-to-date information on more than 1,200 medical conditions. Page advertises the software, and allows users to buy online.
Purpose: Reference, Simulation.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students.
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://shop.mcgraw-hill.com/cgi-bin/pbg/007864285X.html
Order CD-ROM URL:https://catalog.mcgraw-hill.com/cgi/order.cgi?isbn=007864285X%med
116.The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease
The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Diseasesß is a four-volume set of texts, tables, and illustrations on molecular medicine. It is summarized on this page, which includes an online ordering option.
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://shop.mcgraw-hill.com/cgi-bin/pbg/0079130356.html
117.The Heart: An Online Exploration
The learning project
Purpose: Learning.
Audience: Medical Students, Nurses.
Reference index:2439
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
118.McGill Medical Informatics: Student Projects
The Molson Medical Informatics program of the McGill University med school provides a collection of multimedia projects in medical teaching. It includes a virtual stethoscope (for auscultating normal and abnormal cardiac and respiratory sounds), ECG-tutorial (electrocardiology traces of myocardial infarction), radiologic anatomy project, and much more. The projects are intended primarily for medical school students, but they are also useful for medical professionals, medical educators, and patients.
Purpose: Learning.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Nurses.
Reference index:378
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://sprojects.mmip.mcgill.ca/
119.Osteoporosis and Bone Physiology: Osteomalacia
Susan Ott, M.D., presents this fine page of information on osteomalacia, which is part of a continuing medical education website on osteoporosis and bone physiology. Page features x-ray images of bones exhibiting the condition, which is called rickets when it occurs in children (who end up with bow legs because of it). Charts, graphs, and a number of color photomicrographs are available; they complement very brief text and a couple of links, one of which leads to a thorough page on the topic of oncogenic osteomalacia. Site design is attractive and neat.
Purpose: Learning, Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors.
Reference index:26
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://uwcme.org/courses/bonephys/opmalacia.html
120.Oncogenic osteomalacia
Phosphate and vitamin D deficiencies cause the problem of oncogenic osteomalacia, a rare and unusual condition in which small tumors develop in the area of the sinuses (either in the nearby bones or in surrounding connective tissues). Patients also experience joint and muscle pain, and children with the condition usually have rickets. Treatment is straightforward: physicians should administer calcitrol and phosphate. This brief page describes all this and features several photos of the small tumors. It is part of a larger
Purpose: Reference.
Audience: Medical Doctors, Medical Students, Patients.
Reference index:22
Price:Web site is free
URL:http://courses.washington.edu/bonephys/oncogenicOM.html
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