Best Practices Titles: Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
This site is an alphabetical listing of primary care ‘best practices’ documents. All fulltext documents are available as pdf files. The site is maintained by the Joanne Briggs Institute, Australia. http://joannabriggs.edu.au/services/search_links.php

Culture Clues
Culture Clues provides advice for healthcare providers who are caring for people from cultures other than their own. The resource includes seven pdf files on the care of Albanians, African Americans, Chinese, Korean, Latin Americans, Russians and Vietnamese. The advice is targeted to US doctors but is useful worldwide. The files have been developed by the Patient and Family Education Services, Medical College, University of Washington, U.S. http://depts.washington.edu/pfes/cultureclues.html

eMedicine
The site includes an extensive and detailed subject list of summaries of medical conditions. Each summary contains an outline of clinical information, workup, treatment, medication and follow-up for each condition. Also, the site is a ‘continuing medical education’ resource, targeted mainly to U.S. physicians. http://www.emedicine.com/specialties.htm

Ethnomed
This site provides medical and cultural information that relates to health care of the following cultural groups: Amharic, Cambodian, Chinese, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Mexican, Oromo, Somali, Tigrean, Vietnamese. The site is designed for use by health professionals in the USA, but is useful for any health professional who deals with patients from a diverse range of cultures. The site is maintained by the Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, U.S. http://www.ethnomed.org/

Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
This site contains several full-text publications on health, reproductive healthcare and family planning, in English and French. The Foundation has a focus on Francophone regions, and developing and transitional countries. http://www.gfmer.ch/000_Homepage_En.htm

healthtraining.org
The website provides comprehensive information on postgraduate training and further education in the field of International Health. The site is accessed by a set of search criteria: topic, institution, country, type of degree and language. It is maintained by Medicus Mundi Switzerland, the Swiss Network of Organizations for International Cooperation in Health Care. http://www.healthtraining.org/

Helping Health Workers
The site links to the fulltext pdf. version of 'Helping Health Workers', a book of methods, aids, and ideas for instructors at the village level. Including hundreds of drawing and photographs, it has been written for instructors and health workers who serve the underserved in developing countries. The material is available in Spanish and is authored by David Werner and Bill Bower. http://healthwrights.org/books/helpinghwlearn.htm

Integrated Medical Curriculum (IMC)
The IMC offers thousands of good quality images, guidelines, quizzes, video and audio on human anatomy, radiology, histology, physiology, clinical pharmacology, immunology, and ethics. It is targeted to pre-clinical medical students in the U.S. but is a valuable resource for medical students worldwide. http://www.imc.gsm.com

International Federation of Medical Students Associations
The IFMSA promotes international cooperation and exchange of ideas and experience among medical students worldwide. http://www.ifmsa.org/

International Health CD-ROM Exhibition
This site is a list of health related CD-ROMs for developing countries. Many of the CD-ROMS are available free of charge to users in these countries. They are organized by medical subject, except for CD-ROMs produced by TDR, Wellcome Trust and Update Software, which produce CD-ROMs on several subjects and are listed separately. All the CD-ROMs were exhibited at the 25 November 2003 Health Information Forum held at the Wellcome Trust, London. http://www.inasp.info/health/workshop32/cdroms.html

Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education
The site is a resource of over 1900 pathology images with text, tutorials, lab exercises and examination questions for self-assessment. The site is maintained by the College of Medicine, Florida State University, U.S. http://medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html

Medical Student.com
This is a digital library of authoritative medical information designed to help all students of medicine. It includes links to medical textbooks, simulated consultations, patient education, consumer health information, medical organizations and other sites of interest. The links are selected by peer review. http://www.medicalstudent.com/

Physical Exam Study Guide
The site reviews the principle components of a physical examination. For each component, it summarizes the equipment needed, general considerations and diagnostic particulars. The site is a study guide for medical students and is maintained by the University of Florida, College of Medicine, U.S. http://www.medinfo.ufl.edu/year1/bcs/clist/index.html

Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine
The site explains all aspects of history-taking and physical examination. It is written for medical students and other health professionals. The site is maintained by the University of California, San Diego (U.S.), School of Medicine.http://medicine.ucsd.edu/clinicalmed/

Screening Physical Exam
The site is a detailed, illustrated outline of a physical exam. It is organized by systems of the body (nervous system, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, etc.) The site is maintained by the School of Medicine, Loyola University, Chicago, U.S. http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/meded/medicine/pulmonar/pd/contents.htm

Vital Signs
The site is a ‘best practice information sheet’ for vital signs based on a systematic review of research. It is organized by vital sign (respiratory rate, pulse, blood pressure and temperature). The site is maintained by the Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence Based Nursing and Midwifery, Australia. http://www.joannabriggs.edu.au/best_practice/bp8.php

World Federation for Medical Education (WFME)
WFME is the global organisation concerned with education and training of medical doctors. The site contains information about WFME, its journal Medical Education (not freely available except through schemes such as Synergy), and links to related organizations. http://www.sund.ku.dk/wfme/

World Lecture Hall
The World Lecture Hall links to academic institutions that use the Web to deliver course materials. It includes courses in anatomy, biochemistry, biotechnology, gerontology, medicine, microbiology, neuroscience, nursing, psychology and statistics. The site is maintained by the University of Texas at Austin, U.S. http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/