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Nephrology - On-line presentation of major graphic-intensive five volume textbook designed for web presentation with downloadable full color images and PowerPoint slides for making teaching presentations http://www.kidneyatlas.org
Nephrology - Full presentation of clinical practice guidelines http://www.kidney.org/professionals/doqi/index.cfm
Neurology- Neurologic Topics
http://www.toddtroost.com/
http://www.allexperts.com/getExpert.asp?Category=2563
Activity schedule, links, and text notes on neurologic subjects, from a frequently published author, in support of medical students, residents, and neurologic practice. Todd Troost, M.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine .
Obstetrics - Operational Obstetrics & Gynecology
http://navymedicine.med.navy.mil/women_health/WomenS_Health_CD/Default.htm
Briefs on conditions that assist those who provide health care to women in military settings where gynecologic consultation is not readily available and resources are limited. January 1, 2000. Department of the Navy
Oncology - American Society of Clinical Oncology Continuing Medical Education
http://www.asco.org/ac/1,1003,_12-002091,00.asp Virtual meetings with CME credits
Orthopedics - Orthopaedic Care: Medical and Surgical Management of Musculoskeletal Disorders
http://www.orthotextbook.net/ First peer-reviewed Internet musculoskeletal textbook, covering all of orthopaedic surgery plus relevant information from related specialties, such as neurology, oncology, pediatrics, and rheumatology. Information available for both clinicians and patients.
Otolaryngology - The Medical Students' ENT Atlas
http://icarus.med.utoronto.ca/carr/atlas/atlasoutline.htm University of Toronto Ear, nose, oropharynx, larynx, trachea, neck pictures. Excellent quality on a fast server.
Nursing - Cyber-nurse.com http://www.cyber-nurse.com/veetac/chatrooms.htm
Nursing - http://www.RNpalm.com  Nursing content for the Palm PDA computing platform.
Palliative Care - Department of Pain Management and Palliative Care.
http://www.stoppain.org/  provides medical information for both health care consumers and professionals on chronic pain syndromes and palliative care resources. Has Online Medical Conferences--delayed broadcast, on demand streaming video/audio lectures and linked listserv groups.
Pediatrics - AAP policy statements, model bills http://www.aap.org/policy/pcyhome.cfm
Pediatrics - Evidence-based pediatrics http://www.med.umich.edu/pediatrics/ebm
Pediatrics - National Immunization Program http://www.cdc.gov/nip/ Searchable information for patients and clinicians on vaccines. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Psychiatry - New this month from Health Canada http://www.mhpconnect.com/index_e.html. First International Network for Mental Health Promotion, connecting people working in the mental health community, governments, services, research and in educational and justice institutions around the world.
Radiology - Radiology Clinical Virtual Curriculum 2000 at Penn
http://www.cu2000.med.upenn.edu/Radiology/index.htm
Radiology site that supplements the medical school lectures, class notes, & teaching sessions. Excellent graphics with clinical histories. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Surgery - Interactive Surgical Patient WWW page http://meded.ucsd.edu/isp/1999/surgery/index.html
Excellent virtual reality teaching resource.
Surgery - The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Journal
http://www.rcsed.ac.uk/journal/onlineintro.asp
Presents advances in surgical science including practical articles that promote the highest possible standards of surgical excellence. "You may also elect to receive only the electronic copy of the Journal and we intend to move over to purely electronic delivery of all our College publications. We would encourage Fellows to take the electronic only edition of the Journal in the interests of efficiency, costs and the environment"
Surgery - Plastic Cosmetic Surgery - What You Really Need To Know
http://westland.net/berman/book/ Patient education. A personal guide to common procedures directed to consumers. Mark Berman, MD, FACS
Surgery, Thoracovascular - Cardiothoracic Surgery Network http://www.ctsnet.org/ On-line community for practicing cardiothoracic surgeons.
Transplantation medicine - Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute http://www.sti.upmc.edu/
Provides information concerning solid organ transplantation. Information for transplant patients, care providers and healthcare professionals. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Strong use of multimedia/RealAudio and video resources.
Trauma - Truly international resource to promote and disseminate the knowledge and practice of injury prevention and trauma care throughout the world http://www.trauma.org/trauma.html
Travel Medicine - Travel Diseases at CDC http://www.cdc.gov/travel/diseases.htm Includes Destinations section for recommendations for specific countries.

Examine these five star resources and think of how the same concepts could be applied to your own discipline then Email Kim Solez, M.D. with your ideas:
Aviation Medicine - Flight Surgeon's Guide http://WWWSAM.BROOKS.AF.MIL/web/af/courses/amp/cluebag/cluebag.htm
Cardiology - American College of Cardiology - Online Continuing Education
http://www.acc.org/education/online/accel/index.htm
Emergency Medicine- http://www.emronline.com/biglink.htm Textbook of Adult and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Free trial: enter a username of "trial" with the password "emr5".
Environmental Health - Protection of the Human Environment
http://www.who.int/peh/
Environmental Health - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
Family Medicine - American Family Physician http://www.aafp.org/afp/
Peer-reviewed medical journal which also offers patient information fact sheets and practice guidelines.
Gastroenterology http://gastroresource.com/ Gastroenterology Resource (GRC) Centre
Geriatrics - Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
http://www.alzheimers.org/
Internet Medicine - British Medical Journal
http://www.bmj.org/cgi/collection/renal_medince Collected resources on renal medicine from the online British Medical Journal. eBMJ collections list the most recent BMJ articles (usually with links to the full text) in a subject area or speciality, and also links to relevant books and journals from the BMJ Publishing Group.
Medicine (Cross-disciplinary) - http://www.medscape.com/
Medscape Medical Portals.
Medicine (Cross-disciplinary) - http://www.broadcast.com/healthfitness/webmd/
WebMd Broadcast Audio News Two-minute audio broadcasts with medical expert interviews.
Neonatology - Pediatrics on line
http://www.pediatrics.org/cgi/collection/premature_and_newborn
Neonatology - Online Medelian Inheritance in Man
http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Omim/searchomim.html
Neurology - Textbook from eMedicine http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/index.shtml
Occupational Safety and Health - OSHA The Workers' Page http://www.osha.gov/
Oncology - Cancer Control: Journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center
http://www.moffitt.usf.edu/providers/ccj/
Oncology - NCI CancerNet http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo
IARC - Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans
http://193.51.164.11/monoeval/allmonos.html
Ophthalmology - Clinical practice guidelines
http://www.guideline.gov/BROWSE/mesh_tree.asp?Leftkey=39421&Rightkey=39912&LevelNum=3
Pathology - Pathology Course Images and Notes at University of Kansas Medical Center
http://www.kumc.edu/instruction/medicine/pathology/ed/ch_path_850.html
Patient Education http://medlineplus.gov/ Reviews, fact sheets, and detailed drug monographs, selected by librarians at the National Library of Medicine, providing comprehensive coverage of diseases and health topics for consumers, and http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html A guide to more than 9,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications provided by the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) in the USP DI® and Advice for the Patient®.
Pediatrics - Textbook from eMedicine http://www.emedicine.com/ped/index.shtml
Psychiatry - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry http://www.jaacap.com/
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2250/mag.jhtml
Sports Medicine - The Physician and Sportsmedicine Archives
http://www.physsportsmed.com/back_iss.htm
Transplantation Medicine - Transplant Pathology Internet Services http://tpis.upmc.edu/
Urology - Urology Times http://www.urologytimes.com/
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0VPB/mag.jhtml

Help us to tally the Email discussion groups in your own specialty and comment on their strengths. Which of the groups listed on Medical Matrix are no longer active? Please inform us, and Medical Matrix (see #4 below)


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Don't underestimate Medical Matrix. After all, their stated goal is to become "a 21st Century Medline"!

Thank you very much for helping with this effort, and I look forward to hearing from you!

Kim Solez, M.D.
http://www.cyber-medicine.org (Remember our hyphen!)
Professor of Pathology, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R7
CANADA

Phone: (780) 407-2607
Fax: (780) 407-2608
Pager: (780) 445-2899
Email: Kim.Solez@UAlberta.ca



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