Course-related Links

Spring Semester Web Resources

Infectious Disease | Cardiology | ECG | Endocrinology | Nephrology | Urology | Ob-Gyn | Neurology | Gastroenterology | Hematology | EBM

Pathophysiology II
FPMD 6012

Infectious Disease - Larry Reimer, MD, et al.         

Johns Hopkins Division of Infectious Diseases Antibiotic Guide - database searchable by diagnosis, pathogen or antibiotic; may be downloaded to handheld devices; registration required (free).
http://www.hopkins-abxguide.org/

Clinical Antibiotic Tutorial Site - a multimedia interactive review of antibiotic pharmacology; developed as part of the McGill Medical Informatics project.
http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/antibiotic/default.htm

Cardiology - Victoria Judd, MD, et al.

Cardiovascular Diseases
Karolinska Institute's navigational guide for cardiovascular diseases. http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/C14.html

CADI: Cardiac Auscultation Diagnosis Instruction
http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~fensterm/CADI/CADI.html#important

CARDIAX: University of Michigan Multimedia Cardiac Diagnosis, an instructional package of planned cases in basic cardiology.
http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/cardiax/cardiax.html

ACLS Megacode Simulator - interactive cardiac simulator from MDchoice.
http://www.mdchoice.com/cyberpt/acls/acls.asp

ECG

The Alan E. Lindsay ECG Learning Center, authored by Frank Yanowitz, MD at
http://medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/          

ECG tutorial--unfortunately only available on PC,
http://www.studymed.com/ekgtutor.htm

ECG simulator
http://www.skillstat.com/6sECG_rdm.html

Basic ECG w/quiz feature
http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio202/cyberheart/ekgqzr.htm

12-lead ECG library homepage - "... a collection of realistic looking recordings which will help improve your ECG skills."
http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome.html

emedicine ECG Cases - arranged by diagnosis.
http://www.emedicine.com/ecgindex.htm

Endocrinology - Jim Grua, MD         

Endocrine Diseases: From Karolinska Institute Library
http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/C19.html

Case Studies in Endocrinology: From the Medical Pathology course at Tulane University. By Dr. James Harrison. Seven cases allow you to make diagnoses, and order and interpret laboratory tests.
http://www.mcl.tulane.edu/...

Doctor's Guide to the Internet Diabetes Information and Resources
http://www.pslgroup.com/DIABETES.htm

Med Files: Endocrinology--A collection of links to case studies and teaching files intended for health care professionals.
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/2255/endocrine.html

Nephrology - Martin Gregory, MD         

Case Studies in Pulmonary, Renal, and Acid-Based Disorders - provided by Tulane University.
http://www.som.tulane.edu/classware/pathology/medical_pathology/renal-lung_cases/casesTop.html

Specialty Care II
FPMD 6022

Urology - Steve Richardson, MD, et al.       

Urologic and Male Genital Diseases: Karolinska Institutet Library
Provides links to information on urologic and male genital diseases, classified according to MeSH.
http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/C12.html

OB/GYN - Jennifer Coombs, PA-C, et al.       

Diagnosis and management of breast problems during pregnancy and lactation : illustrated guide summarises the diagnosis of various diseases of the breast (including cancer) and their management in pregnant or lactating women.
http://www.surgery.uiowa.edu/prbr.html

Apgar Scoring for Newborns: Explanation of, and table for, the Apgar score.
http://www.childbirth.org/articles/apgar.html

Benign Breast Disease and Breast Cancer Tutorial:   Provides information on breast anatomy, physiology, examination, and pathology.
http://www.wisc.edu/wolberg/breast.html

Breast examination
http://www.wisc.edu/wolberg/breast_ex/br_exam.html

Med Links: Obstetrics and Gynecology : A selection of Ob-Gyn cases on selected topics.
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/2255/obgyn.html

Obstetric Ultrasound: A Comprehensive Guide, by Joseph Woo.
Presents basic information concerning the use of ultrasound in obstetrics. Includes section of FAQs.
http://www.ob-ultrasound.net/

Oncolink: Breast Cancer Section
From the University of Pennsylvania, this resource contains a great deal of information about all aspects of breast cancer.
http://www.oncolink.org/types/article.cfm?c=3&s=5&ss=33&id=8320

Female Genital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications : Karolinska Institute's navigational guide for obstetrics and gynecology. The Institute is in Stockholm, Sweden.
http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/C13.html

OBGYN.net Clinical Collection
Links arranged by subjects, such as, complications in pregnancy; labor, delivery, postpartum; operative gynecology; gynecological oncology, etc.
http://www.obgyn.net/english/clinical.htm

Neurology - Lynn Falkner, PA-C       

Neurologic Diseases - Karolinska Institute's navigational guide for neurologic diseases.
http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/C10.html

Neurologic Exam : An interactive online guide (with video demonstrations)
http://www.neuroexam.com/

Baylor Neurology Case of the Month
http://www.bcm.edu/neurol/case.html

Neurology Case studies: patients who have been seen on vestibular teaching rounds at The Johns Hopkins Hospital chosen to illustrate the application of basic vestibular anatomy and physiology to clinical problems.
http://www.bme.jhu.edu/labs/chb/cases/cases.html

Gastroenterology - Keith Tolman, MD, et al.       

Fieldman's GastroAtlas Online - a good online reference in Gastroenterology. Registration required (Astro-Zeneca sponsored)
http://www.gastroatlas.com/login.aspx

The Virtual GI Clinic and Classroom --an online material activity sponsored by Baylor College of Medicine from the weekly GI Grand Rounds at Baylor College.
http://www.bcm.edu/gastro/VGICC/
http://www.bcm.edu/gastro/VGICC/basic-final.html

Hematology

Hematologic Diseases - Karolinska Institute's navigational guide for hematologic diseases.
http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/C15.html

Clinical Laboratory Science Internet Resources Web site: a meta collection of hematology links covering the case studies and tutorial for healthcare professionals.
http://members.tripod.com/~LouCaru/index-5.html#Hema

Anemia Guidelines for Primary Care- clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of anemia in a family practice context.
http://www.anemiainstitute.org/physician/anemia_guidelines_for_primary_care

Blood Diseases & Hematology Resources from the Hardin Meta Directory (Hardin MD). Provides access to the best lists of Internet sources in health and medicine.
http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/hem.html

Evidence-Based Medicine II
FPMD 6052

DFPM EBM Page
http://www.med.utah.edu/dfpm/bookmarks.html

Eccles Medical Library
http://medlib.med.utah.edu/

Tutorials
http://www.poems.msu.edu/InfoMastery/

http://www.med.ualberta.ca/ebm/ebm.htm
http://denison.uchsc.edu/SG/index.html (has PDA version of guide to med lit)
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/tutorials/ebm/index.htm
http://www.mclibrary.duke.edu/subject/ebm/
http://www.cebm.utoronto.ca/practise/
http://evidence.ahc.umn.edu/fundamentals_of_ebhc_practice.htm

References & EBM Links
Levels of evidence/finding evidence
http://www.cebm.net/levels_of_evidence.asp
http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/lhsp/resources/levels.shtml

Other
http://gim.unmc.edu/dxtests/Bayes.htm (Practice 2 X 2 tables)
http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/glossary_contents.html (Stats glossary)
http://www.cebm.utoronto.ca/pocketpc/ebmcalc/download.htm (EBM calculator for PDA)
http://www.poems.msu.edu/InfoMastery/Diagnosis/SensSpec.htm (Sens/Spec)
http://www.minervation.com/cebm2/docs/pretestprobsamples.html (pretest probability samples)
http://www.musc.edu/dc/icrebm/ebmterms.html (relative risks, ORs, RRRs, ARRs, NNTs)


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