Preceptor Handbook

Medical News

Medscape

MDCONSULT:  (under Today in Medicine and In This Week's Journals sections) You can then access MDCONSULT at this site: www.mdconsult.com

Reuters Health

General

THE AUSCULTATION ASSISTANT (tune up your listening skills on heart murmurs) Designed to assist medical students and health care professionals with learning how to distinguish between various heart and breath sounds.  – http://www.med.ucla.edu/wilkes/intro.html

MEDLINE PLUS - a library for consumer health from the National Library of Medicine - http://www.medlineplus.gov/

MedConnect -- An online hub for physicians and other health care professionals, MedConnect has published medical information since 1994.  The first provider of CME on the web, MedConnect has grown to include literature reviews, cases of the month, featured articles, journal clubs, board reviews, free Medline, teaching files with ECGs, x-rays, and CAT scans, and more.

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Travel Information

CDC TRAVEL INFORMATION (travel advice for anywhere with all the information you need for advising your patients, or for their own education) - 

The Medical College of Wisconsin International Travelers Clinic includes comprehensive preventive health care information for travelers planning trips abroad. - 

MDCONSULT:  (under Patient Education section) You can then access MDCONSULT at this site: www.mdconsult.com

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Publications

Lists of online journals

JAMA

American Family Physician

Family Practice

Harrison's Online

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Literature Searching

Free Medical Journals - http://www.freemedicaljournals.com

PubMed - NLM's search service to access the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases.   - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

National Library of Medicine (NLM) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

WEBMEDLIT (tracks 22 on-line journals)- http://www.webmedlit.com

Cochrane Library: Evidence -Based Medicine Resource, a collection of databases containing systematic, up-to-date reviews of randomized controlled trials. 

MDCONSULT:  Web access to more than 35 renowned medical texts, articles from over 40 clinical journals. (Must be logged on to KU Med School Server.  You can then access MDCONSULT at this site: www.mdconsult.com

George J. Farha Medical Library

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Sites for Specific Diseases

Addiction

Al-Anon AlaTeen
Alcoholics Anonymous

Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's Disease Page
Alzheimer's Association

Arthritis

Arthritis Foundation
Arthritis National Research Foundation

Asthma

Allergy and Asthma Disease Management Center
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

Attention Deficit Disorder

LD Online
Learning Disabilities Association of America

Blindness

National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired
National Federation of the Blind

Cancer

American Cancer Society
Association of Cancer Online Resources, Inc.
OncoLink 
TALARIA:- The Hypermedia Assistant for Cancer Pain Management

Crohn's Disease

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America

Diabetes

American Diabetes Association
The National Institute of  Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) 

Hearing Problems

American Tinnitus Association
The National Association of the Deaf
Deafness Self diagnosis chart (AAFP)

Liver Disease

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
American Liver Foundation 

Mental Health

Anxiety Disorders Association of America
Mental Health Net - Self-help resources including rating system.  
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill

Nutrition

American Dietetic Association

Paralysis

Disabled Sports USA

Parkinson's Disease

National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.

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Government Organizations

Administration on Aging
Center for Disease Control
U.S. Food and Drug Association USFDA

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Pharmacology

NCEMI DOSE CALCULATOR (on line algorithms, calculators, and diagrams -extensive) – http://www.ncemi.org/

Drug InfoNet - information and links to areas on the web concerning healthcare and pharmaceutical-related topics

RxList -- Internet Drug Index: http://www.rxlist.com/

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Practice Guidelines

AHCPR Practice Guidelines 

National Guideline Clearinghouse  

Lipids - National Cholesterol Education Program Guidelines

MDCONSULT:  (Must be logged on to KU Med School Server.  Access MDCONSULT at this site: www.mdconsult.com

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Supportive Care

Caregivers, Caregiving and Home Care Workers - Informative articles from the Adminstration of Aging: http://www.aoa.gov/AoARoot/Preparedness/Resources_Individuals/index.aspx http://www.aoa.gov/AoAroot/Press_Room/Products_Materials/fact/pdf/National_Family_Caregiver_Support_program.pdf

Guide to Choosing A Nursing Home (www.hcfa.gov) Published by the Health Care Financing Administration.

Visiting Nurse Associations of America (www.vnaa.org)
This national org has a database where you can find a local nurse in your area.