Preceptor Handbook

Patient information handouts

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PRACTICE - PHYSICIAN HANDOUTS (An excellent site for obtaining many great patient education handouts on many diagnoses)- http://familydoctor.org/

AHCPR Consumer Health

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

Choosing and Using a Health Plan - http://www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/hlthpln1.htm

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DR. KOOPS COMMUNITY (A good site for answering questions and finding out about almost any health topic, as well as health news for your patients) http://www.drkoop.com

Family Health® is a 2 1/2-minute series of radio programs designed to reach a general listening audience with practical, easy-to-understand answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about health and health care. The series deals with a wide variety of health-related subjects. While rarer diseases are occasionally covered, the focus of the series is on the common health problems about which people are likely to ask their family physicians. -  http://www.fhradio.org/

The Health Pages on New Jersey Online --features articles on health and money, industry reports on medical specialties, and a search of over 22,500 doctors, dentists and other health resources, as well as articles from the Health & Fitness section of the Newark Star-Ledger newspaper.

HEALTHFINDER (Government resource catalogue site) -

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Healthtouch® online is a resource that brings together valuable information from trusted health organizations

MDCONSULT:  You can access MDCONSULT at this site: www.mdconsult.com

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.

MedicineNet - network of doctors producing comprehensive, up-to-date health information for the public from a doctor's perspective -http://www.medicinenet.com/

Medline Plus – Trusted Health Information for You. A service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institute of Health.

National Library of Medicine HYPERDOC

VIRTUAL HOSPITAL PATIENT INFORMATION (A good site for more information and searches by the patient on many medical topics)

VOLC-R FAMILY MEDICINE RESOURCES (many useful addresses for medical reference)

The Kansas Foundation for Medical Care has developed an “Interventions Tools Catalog” which makes it convenient to order a variety of patient education materials and office tools free of charge. Go to http://www.kfmc.org/providers/ or call 1-800-432-0770 for more information.

 

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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) - http://www.cdc.gov/travel/index.htm

The Medical College of Wisconsin International Travelers Clinic includes comprehensive preventive health care information for travelers planning trips abroad. - http://www.intmed.mcw.edu/travel.html

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Sites for Specific Diseases

Addiction

Al-Anon AlaTeen
Alcoholics Anonymous

Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer Page
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
JAMA - Asthma and Other Allergic Diseases

Attention Deficit Disorder

Learning Disabilities Association of America

Blindness

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

Cancer

American Cancer Society
Association of Cancer Online Resources, Inc.
OncoLink 

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) 

Genetic Diseases

Hearing Problems

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

Knee problems

A Patient's Guide to Knee Problems

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

American Paralysis Association
Disabled Sports USA

Parkinson's Disease

National Parkinson Foundation, Inc.