Usefull Links

Free High Quality Internet Resources

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) (http://www.aap.org) – variety of resources geared towards pediatricians, including job/career resources, educational and reference resources, some require AAP membership.
• American College of Physician (ACP) (http://www.acponline.org) – a variety of resources geared towards general internists, including job/career resources, educational and reference resources, some require ACP membership.
• American Family Physician (http://www.aafp.org/afp.xml) – journal of the American Academy of Family Practice that focuses on succinct, evidence-based, authoritative clinical reviews for primary care physicians.
• American Medical Association (AMA) (http://www.ama-assn.org) – variety of resources geared towards all physicians, some require AMA membership.
• BrightFutures (http://www.brightfutures.org) – standard guidelines for health supervision, anticipatory guidance, and preventative services for infants, children, and adolescents.
• Clinical Trials (http://www.clinicaltrials.gov) – contains lists of over 10,000 federal and privately supported clinical trials.
• eMedicine (http://www.emedicine.com) – free on-line resource for medical professionals about medical information. Medline Plus (http://www.medlineplus.gov) – contains patient oriented health information on over 650 health topics in English and Spanish.
• National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entresz) – centralized repository for governmental biomedical databases.
• National Guidelines Clearinghouse (http://www.guildelines.gov) – contains review type articles on common medical topics and all governmental health guidelines. Contains original articles.
• On-line Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim) – database of genetic information including disease information, genes, and phenotypes.
• Residents as Teachers Handbook (http://www.aap.org/residents/resasteachers.pdf) – excellent PDF document for residents on teaching overview and reference on how to teach.
• PubMed (http://www.pubmed.gov) – database of over 14 million citations and abstracts from over 4600 biomedical journals going back to the 1950.
• PubMed Central (http://www.pubmedcentral.gov) – contains full text access to almost 100 life science journals. United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Guide to Clinical Preventative Services
• (http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/cps3dix.htm) – contains all USPSTF information on preventative care guidelines. Medical Reference Resources (PDA)
• ABGPro (http://www.stacworks.com) – arterial blood gas interpretation program. ePocrates (http://www.epocrates.com) – drug reference program containing over 3,000 drugs listed by generic name, trade name, and category. Contains interaction, contraindication, adverse reaction, pricing and other information. Cholesterol (http://www.statcoder.com) – ATP III cholesterol guidelines Clearance (http://www.statcoder.com) – surgical cardiac clearance guidelines
• Eponyms (http://www.eponyms.net) – over 1500 medical eponyms with one-screen description of each Growth (http://www.statcoder.com) – reference for growth parameters including height, weight, and head circumference. Plots percentages. Computes BMI, growth velocity, and predicted height.
• Uses CDC growth tables. Hypertension JNC7 (http://www.statcoder.com) – JNC7 hypertension guidelines Johns Hopkins ID (http://www.hopkins-abxguide.org) – antibiotic guide covering almost 200 pathogens. Can be searched by diagnosis, pathogen, or antibiotic. Contains diagnosis and treatment and other information.
• Johns Hopkins Opioid Converter (http://www.hopkinsopioidprogram.org) – converts to equivalent dosing between several dozen opioid narcotic pain medications.
• MedCalc (http://www.med-ia.ch/medcalc) – medical calculator program containing over 75 formulas.
• MMSA (http://www.freewarepalm.com/medical/dtree-mmse.shtml) – 30 question Folstein Mini- Mental Status Exam Shots (http://www.immunizationed.org) – CDC immunization information for children and adults. Includes administration, catch-up, and special indications information.
• Cleveland Health Sciences Library (http://www.case.edu/chsl/ejournal.htm and http://www.case.edu/chsl/catalogs.htm) (on www.case.edu under Libraries, under Health Science Library) – access to over 31,000. British Medical Journal (BMJ) (http://bmj.bmjjournals.com) – very good medical journal that covers all medical topics.
• Cochran Library of EBM (http://www.case.edu/chsl/catalogs.htm) – systematic reviews of the literature on medical topics.
• Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) (http://jama.ama-assn.org) – very good medical journal that covers all medical topics.
• Lancet (http://www.thelancet.com/journal) – very good medical journal that covers all medical topics.
• New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) (http://nejm.org) – very good medical journal that covers all medical topics.
• MDConsult (https://www.case.edu/chsl/MDConsult/mdconsult.htm) – a compilations of references including many journals, patient handouts, and dozens of electronic textbooks.
• Micromedix (http://miv.metrohealth.org/Applications/Micromedex/default.asp) (on the MIV under applications) – drug reference which includes drug information, toxicology information, drug interactions, trade and generic drug information, formulary advisor, dosing tools, and patient information.