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Additional Curriculum Resources
In addition to the curriculum resources we have access to through the portal and the Health Sciences Library, there are many excellent sources of information for medical students on the web. Here are some of them, grouped approximately by Block topics. Please add additional resources as you come across them!
Here are the "Peer Reviewed" WR2 Recommended Texts provided by the class of 2010.
Here are the Step 1 Study Tips (including recommended resources) provided by the class of 2009.
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[edit] Block 1: Becoming a Doctor
[edit] Biostatistics
Biostats for the Clinician A glossary of common clinically-relevant biostats terms.
BMJ's How to read a paper: Statistics for the non-statistician. BMJ introduction to statistics.
[edit] Epidemiology
CDC Centers for Disease Control.
Epidemiology for the Uninitiated. BMJ introduction to epidemiology.
[edit] Block 2: The Human Blueprint
[edit] Genetics
Colorado State Genetics Guide Overview of General and Medical Genetics.
[edit] Endocrinology
[edit] Embryology
Human Embryology Contains animations of all stages of development, with accompanying text.
Atlas of Human Embryology Animations, histology, figures, time-lines and explanations.
Embryology Downloads
- Gametogenesis Flowchart
- Vocabulary 20 pgs. with the word on the left hand side and the definition on the right.
[edit] Reproductive Biology
[edit] Molecular Biology
[edit] Cancer Biology
[edit] Block 3: Food to Fuel
[edit] GI
[edit] Nutrition, Energy, and Metabolism
[edit] Biochemistry
Lectures with synchonized audio & powerpoint from Columbia P&S Username: sbpmd, Password: slides
Downloads: A series of free handouts courtesy of the PennMed BioChem Dept.
[edit] Block 4: Homeostasis
[edit] Cardiovascular
The ECG (EKG) Learning Center An 12 lesson interactive guide to the ECG with self quizzes at the end of each section.
Hyper Heart An interactive module that shows pressure curves and electrophysiology of the normal heart and various arrhythmias.
The Visible Heart An educational tool for observing how a real heart works from within. You can see a beating heart, all the valve actions, the contractions of atria and ventricles, and the architecture of the heart as it beats. Great live video of the beating heart.
Cardiac Auscultation sites with sound files so you can listen to murmurs, gallops, rubs etc...
- Stethoscope placement for optimal auscultation
- Blaufuss Multimedia Awesome site with heart sounds and tutorials, be sure to check out the SVT tutorial.
- The Cardiac Exam: Auscultation (Case)
- The Auscultation Assistant (UCLA)
TIMI scores for evaluating risk of cardiac events.
[edit] Pulmonary
[edit] Renal
[edit] Cell Physiology
[edit] Pharmacology
[edit] Block 5: Host Defense and Host Response
[edit] Immunology
Harvard Glucocyte Extravasation Flash Video
[edit] Hematology
Hematology Downloads:
[edit] Microbiology
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Guidelines for Antimicrobial Therapy
Microbiology Downloads:
- Antibiotics Coverage Chart Quick reference for determining which drugs cover which bugs.
- Bacteria Chart Based on Micro Made Ridiculously Simple.
- Virus Chart Based on Micro Made Ridiculously Simple.
[edit] Infectious Disease
[edit] Dermatology
Dermatology Lexicon Project An excellent 1st stop. The morpholoy section has an interactive guide with images gic descriptors.
DermIS.net The largest dermatology information service available on the internet. It offers elaborate image atlases complete with diagnoses and differential diagnoses, case reports and additional information on almost all skin diseases
DermAtlas A second online derm resource with thousands of images and a self quiz mode.
[edit] Block 6: Cognition, Sensation, and Movement
[edit] Neurosciences
UW Digital Anatomist: Neuro Syllabus
Neuroexam.com has short videos of each component of a complete neuro-exam.
The Whole Brain Atlas Harvard's MRI/PET image library of the brain.
Neuroanatomy Atlas Downstate's interactive brain slices.
Neuro-ophthalmology Animated lessons on the neurology of eye movements and pupillary disorders.
[edit] Orthopaedics
[edit] Block 7: Structure
[edit] Anatomy
University of Michigan Gross Anatomy Resources Includes crossword puzzles of anatomy terms, animations, games, and quizzes.
LUMEN Dissector Includes practical quizzes.
Eye Simulator This application simulates eye motion and demonstrates the effects of disabling one or more of the 12 eyes muscles and one or more of the 6 cranial nerves that control eye motion.
University of Wisconsin Medical School Dissection Videos Dissection videos!
Duke University Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics Searchable skeleton!
Memorial University of Newfoundland Dissection Photos Basic anatomy.
Gray's Anatomy The Bartleby.com edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravings - many in color - from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn.
Blue Histology University of Western Australia Histology website includes some great gross images.
Practicals Test your self with these interactive exams.
Get Body Smart Interactive tutorials and quizzes.
Skull Anatomy Learn the bones of the skull in an interactive module.
Divisions of the Nervous System Flow Chart (pdf download).
Brachial Plexus Flow Chart Diagram (pdf download).
Cranial Nerves Diagrammatic schema of the origin, path & function for each nerve (pdf download).
[edit] Histology
SUNY Downstate Histology Lab Manual
WebPath A collection of histology and pathology images with explanations, self-exams and more.
[edit] Pathology
Web Path A collection of histology and pathology images with explanations, self-exams and more.
[edit] Block 8: Foundations of Clinical Medicine
A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine
OR Live Live OR Webcasts.
Harvard Virtual Patient Tutorials Includes videos of abdominal and pelvic exams, HIV tutorials, altered mental state tutorials, and others.
National Guideline Clearinghouse Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
Knee & Shoulder Exam A full teaching module with videos and explanation.
Family Medicine Interest Group Provides students with information that is relevant at each point in their medical education from admission to graduation.
[edit] Other Useful Sites
[edit] General Resources
The Free Medical Journals Site
[edit] Radiology