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Clinical Medical Specialties	Consumer Local Organizations	Continuing Medical Education
Nurses	Patient Education	Pharmacy
Podcasts	Quality/Evidence Based Medicine/Patient Safety

CLINICAL MEDICAL SPECIALTIES

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SUB-CATEGORIES:

Cardiology
Family Practice
Gastroenterology
Interventional Radiology
Neurology
Orthopedics/Sports Medicine
Pediatrics
Pharmacy
Surgery

Cardiology

American College of Cardiology – the site provides activities of the ACC including clinical/statements and guidelines, and conference information

http://www.acc.org/

American Thoracic Society – this is the organization site of ATS, it includes guidelines on critical care, COPD, environmental and occupational health

http://www.thoracic.org/

Cardiosource – American College of Cardiology- the site keeps one updated on the latest news in cardiology, and contains a specialized clinical collection. Username and password required on portions of the site.

http://www.cardiosource.com

American Association for Thoracic Surgery – this organization site provides thoracic surgery information and connects to the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery offering table of content service.

http://www.aats.org/

British Heart Society - the site provides the latest news on cardiology and a link to the table of content of Heart

http://www.bcs.com

Family Practice

American Academy of Family Practice – the site provides a plethora of family practice issues including access to American Family Physician, Family Practice Management, and Annals of Family Medicine

http://www.aafp.org

American Diabetes Association - this is the organization site for professional education and meetings

http://www.diabetes.org/for-health-professionals-and-scientists/profed.jsp

Family Practice Notebook – the site looks at ongoing diagnosis and management problems in family practice

http://www.fpnotebook.com/

Infectious Disease Society of America – the site provides practice guidelines and standards on infectious disease by organ

http://www.idsociety.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Practice_Guidelines/Standards_Practice_Guidelines_

Statements/Standards,_Practice_Guidelines,_and_Statements.htm

Merck Manual of Medical Information – this is the second online home edition of the Merck Manual

http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html

Merck Manual of Medicine Spanish – this is the second online home edition of the Merck Manual in Spanish

http://www.msd.es/publicaciones/mmerck_hogar/index.html

Gastroenterology

American College of Gastroenterology – the site provides gastroenterology organization information

http://www.acg.gi.org/

American Liver Foundation – the site provides information on liver health and disease prevention

http://www.liverfoundation.org/

Gastroenterology Resources – a list of academic and organization sites related to gastroenterology, liver disease and nutrition

http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/gi/elsewhere.html

Interventional Radiology

Society of Interventional Radiology – this is the organization site for the Society of Interventional Radiology, and it includes clinical practice guidelines

http://www.sirweb.org/

Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe – the site provides organization and meeting information

http://www.cirse.org/

Neurology

American Academy of Neurology – the site provides membership information, practice guidelines, and CME and professional education

http://www.aan.com/professionals/

American Neurological Association – the site provides organization, meeting and information to residents

http://www.aneuroa.org/

American Academy of Neurological Surgeons – this organization provides neurosurgical education, clinical news, and legislative practice management resources

http://www.aans.org/

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/

Obstetrics and Gynecology

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) – this is the organizational site for obstetrics and gynecology

http://www.acog.org/

OBGyn.Net – this is the medical professional site for obstetrics and gynecology

http://www.obgyn.net/medical.asp

Orthopedics/Sports Medicine

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons – this organizational site provides medical education, annual meeting, academy journals, and education resources for orthopaedic surgeons

http://www.aaos.org

American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons – the organizational site for neurological and orthopaedic surgeons

http://www.aanos.org/

American College of Sports Medicine – provides organization information on certification and credentialing, education meetings, grants in the field of sports medicine

http://www.acsm.org

American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine – the site provides the understanding, prevement and management of lower extremity sports and fitness injuries

http://www.aapsm.org/

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases – the site describes the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases

http://www.niams.nih.gov/

Pediatrics

American Academy of Pediatrics – this organizational site provides a plethora of information pertaining to pediatrics

http://www.aap.org

Pediatric Critical Care – the site provides peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary and practical resources in pediatric critical care

http://pedsccm.wustl.edu/

Virtual Children’s Hospital – a digital library of pediatric resources

http://www.virtualpediatrichospital.org/

Pharmacy

ISMP Medication Alert

http://www.ismp.org/Newsletters/acutecare/default.asp

Surgery

American College of Surgeons – the organization site for the American College of Surgeons

http://www.facs.org/

Surgical Specialty Sites – an index of surgical societies

http://www.facs.org/fellows_info/other_sites/wbstsurspec.html

Surgical Specialty Boards – an index of surgical specialty boards

http://www.facs.org/fellows_info/other_sites/boardurls.html

CONSUMER LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

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American Cancer Society Silicon Valley – the site provides local contact names and phone numbers about cancer information as well as information on the disease state of cancer, studies, research, initiatives in Santa Clara County.

http://www.uwsv.org/index.php?id=35&sub=110

American Cancer Society Northern California Chinese Unit - this site is provided in Chinese of community resources for Chinese cancer patients

http://www.acs-nccu.org

American Red Cross Santa Clara Valley Chapter - this site provides community information about the Santa Clara Red Cross including schedule of classes

http://santaclaravalley.redcross.org/

American Heart Association Santa Clara County – the site provides local contact names and phone numbers as well as connection to heart.org providing consumer information about heart disease

http://www.uwsv.org/?id=35&sub=111

Diabetes Society of Santa Clara Valley – this organization site provides information on diabetes programs in Santa Clara Valley with local contact names and phone numbers

http://www.diabetesscv.org

American Lung Association Santa Clara County – the site provides community information and describes projects about smoking cessation, exercise and breathing programs in Santa Clara County

http://www.lungsrus.org

Council on Aging – the site provides a plethora of senior resources on aging

http://www.scccoa.org

United Cerebral Palsy Association of Santa Clara County – a comprehensive starting point for information on cerebral palsy for Santa Clara County

http://www.ucpscsm.org

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

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Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education – the site identifies and develops standards for quality continuing medical education utilized by physicians

http://www.accme.org

Addressing Language Access issues in Your Practice – a toolkit for physicians and their staff members

http://www.familydocs.org

AMA Internet CME Site – the site provides online CME courses

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/13497.html

Annotated List of Online Continuing Medical Education – the site offers 275 online CME courses and over 15,000CME courses

http://www.cmelist.com/list.htm

Cleveland Clinic Center for CME – the site offers online courses in various specialties

http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/online/topics.htm

CME Web – provides online CME courses in featured specialties

http://www.cmeweb.com

Institute for Medical Quality – the site provides CME standards and policies for California

http://www.imq.org

MEDSCAPE – provides online CME courses by various specialties, must register on the site

http://www.medscape.com/cmecenterdirectory

Pedialink – the site provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics lists pediatric CME courses

http://www.pedialink.org/cme/_coursefinder/

NURSES

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American Association of Critical Care Nurse – the site provides critical care association information in clinical practice/standards, conferences, publications, issues and special interest

http://www.aacn.org

California Board of Registered Nurses – the site provides nursing regulations for the state of California

http://www.rn.ca.gov

American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses – the association site provides preanesthesia, postanesthesia, ambulatory surgery and pain management resources for nurses

http://www.aspan.org

Nursing Center – this is a portal to over 700 CE Courses, and clinical nursing articles

http://nursingcenter.com/home/index.asp

Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association – the nursing organization site provides information about assessing cardiovascular risk, facilitating lifestyle changes, and offers continuing education

http://www.pcna.net

National Association of Neonatal Nurses – organization site for neonatal nurses

http://www.nann.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1

Association of Women’s Health Obstetrics & Neonatal Nurses – association site of obstetric and neonatal nurses

http://www.awhonn.org

Emergency Nursing Association – association site for emergency nurses, provides nursing practice and connects to JEN

http://www.ena.org

Oncology Nursing Association – the site provides patient care, education, research in oncology nursing

http://www.ons.org

Patient Education

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Medline Plus – English and Spanish – the site provides comprehensive, authoritative patient resources in English and Spanish

http://www.medlineplus.gov

American Diabetes Association – the site provides a plethora of English and Spanish patient information on Diabetes

http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp

National Cancer Institute – the site provides patient information about different types of cancer

http://www.cancer.gov

Center for Disease Control – the site provides health and safety topics, statistics, publications on public health issues

http://www.cdc.gov

Ethnomed – the site provides cultural specific pages, cultural health issues, medical issues pertinent to health care of recent immigrants

http://www.ethnomed.org

Family Doctor - American Academy of Family Physicians – this site provides consumer health information in Spanish and English

http://www.familydoctor.org

KidsHealth for Parents, Kids and Teens – English and Spanish – the site provides health information about children from birth through adolescence

http://kidshealth.org

Lab Tests Online – resources on lab testing – a peer-reviewed clinical lab testing site

http://www.labtestsonline.org

Mayo Clinic – provides consumer health information on disease states

http://www.mayoclinic.com

MEDEM – Consumer Health Resource – provides consumer health information rated by a complexity indicator

http://medem.com/index.cfm

NOAH – New York Online Access to Health – the site provides consumer health information in English and Spanish

http://www.noah-health.org

Other Language Resources – the site provides a multiple language patient education resource page

http://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html

RX – Drug Index – provides pharmacology information to the consumer

http://www.rxlist.com/

Sunsite –the site provides digital collections, note Kids Click providing reference index for kid

http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/Catalogs

Vietnamese Language Patient Information – provides Vietnamese patient education documents created by non-profit health agencies

http://spiral.tufts.edu/vietnamese.html

PODCASTS

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ACC Cardiology – provides 20 minutes discussions on cardiology topics

http://conversations.acc.org/

Access Medicine – provides weekly comments to clinical questions

http://books.mcgraw-hill.com/podcast/acm/

JAMA – the site provides a list of auditory commentary from JAMA

http://jama.ama-assn.org/misc/audiocommentary.dtl/

New England Journal of Medicine – provides audio interview, and weekly news summaries form NEJM

http://content.nejm.org/misc/podcast.shtml

Science – offers periodic interesting articles from the journal, Science

http://www.sciencemag.org/about/podcast.dtl#section_podcast-list

Society of Critical Care Medicine – provides summaries of articles from Critical Connections, Critical Care Medicine, and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

http://www.sccm.org/publications/syndication/index.asp

QUALITY/EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE/PATIENT SAFETY

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Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality – the site provides clinical information, data surveys, patient safety information pertaining to quality of care

http://www.ahcpr.gov

Bandolier – provides systematic reviews, epidemiological studies, meta-analysis trials, clinical trials of monthly PUBMED and Cochrane Library searches

http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/index.html

Evidence-Based Medicine Resource Center – the site provides resources for finding evidence based medicine information

http://www.ebmny.org

Clinical Trials – provides updated data about federally funded and private funded clinical trials in human volunteers

http://www.clinicaltrials.gov

Institute for Healthcare Improvement – the site is a tool for resources for improving healthcare by advancing quality and value of health care

http://www.ihi.org/ihi

Joint Commission Accredited Healthcare Organization – provides the standard for quality of healthcare

http://www.jcaho.org

JCAHO National Patient Safety Goals – site provides current data on National Patient Safety Goals

http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/NationalPatientSafetyGoals/

National Guideline Clearinghouse – provides full text resources for clinical practice guidelines

http://www.guideline.gov

National Patient Safety Foundation – the site is a resource to improve the safety of patients

http://www.npsf.org