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To view videos or educational material on the web your computer may need to
be updated with programs called "plug-ins". Many of these can be obtained
free of charge. You can visit the sites listed below to download the relevant
files that are needed.
Adobe
acrobat/ pdf Apple
Quicktime Player Macromedia
Shockwave/Flash Real
Realplayer (Only RealPlayer Basic is free)
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The World Wide Web is full of informative sites that you
may want to incorporate into your clinical and educational activities. Handheld
or PDA devices
Evidence
based medicine
Journals
COMSEP curriculum
Medical
Education and Pediatric Organizations
Multimedia
teaching
Faculty
development
The resources
listed below are provided as helpful sites to pediatric educators and are not
officially endorsed by COMSEP. The information listed is provided from the website
unless otherwise noted. Careers
in Medicine program from the AAMC GeneralPediatrics.com
is a digital library designed for quick and easy use by pediatric health care
providers and patients and families in their busy professional and personal lives.
It provides a starting point for locating authoritative General Pediatrics web
sites.
“This is one of the most comprehensive listing of sites related to
Pediatrics.” Deterding AAP
Policy Statements
“A helpful site to see what leaders in pediatric
health care are recommending.” Deterding The
Pediatric Internet
Reviews of Internet Resources by AAP Fellows
This is an index of what the Internet has to offer the practicing pediatrician.
From this section of the AAP Web site you can read what other AAP fellows have
written about the sites they've found useful. Pediatric
Database
The purpose of this Database is to provide a very short
synopsis on various Pediatric disorders. This Pediatric Database was designed
by Dr. Alan Gandy (MD.,PhD.,FRCP(C)) while enrolled in the Pediatric Residency
Program at the University
of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada from 1990-1994. OMIM
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
This database is a catalog of
human genes and genetic disorders authored and edited by Dr. Victor A. McKusick
and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere, and developed for the World
Wide Web by NCBI,
the National Center for Biotechnology Information. The database contains textual
information, pictures, and reference information. It also contains copious links
to NCBI's Entrez
database of MEDLINE articles Bright
Futures
Information on this site is based on published guidelines
for health supervision of infants, children, and adolescents. PedsCCM
is a collaborative, independent, information resource and communication tool for
professionals caring for critically ill and injured infants and children. We are
seeking articles, lectures, literature reviews, case reports and practical materials,
e.g., clinical pathways: all original educational material submitted is peer reviewed.
Pediatric
Critical Care Education
The site contains educational material in
the form of PowerPoint presentations on topics that form a core curriculum for
housetaff (medical students and residents) in the area of Pediatric Critical Care
Medicine. These presentations have been authored by members of the Resident Education
Committee and are available for download to your computer/server. KeepkidsHealthy.com
"A site for parents but great to help students address parent concerns."
Deterding
Medscape
offers specialists, primary care physicians, and other health professionals
the Web's most robust and integrated medical information and education tools.
After a simple, one time, free registration, Medscape automatically delivers to
you the specialty site that best fits your profile. You can also change your Medscape
home page to any of our specialty and profession sites. eMedicine
Comprehensive site for physicians with e-journal up to date reviews of all specialties,
medical library, etc.
What is a list-serv? A list serv allows groups
of people interested in the same topic to discuss topics via e-mail. Those in
the list-serv receive notification of all posts the to the list serv and can respond.
You must sign up for a list-serv and asked to be removed from the list to cancel
the list-serv. - COMSEP
- DR-ED
Medical Education Mail List
Covers scholarly activity in medical education. - PEDINFO
Discussion group on pediatric medical informatics -
APA-NET
Provides a forum for discussions among APA members - Med-Ed:
The AAMC has launched an electronic mail discussion group, or listserv, for
developers and users of medical education software in undergraduate, graduate,
and continuing medical education. This forum will allow a broad-based and swift
exchange of ideas on courseware, authoring tools, and evaluation criteria and
methods, along with other infrastructure and technical issues.
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NLM
Gateway
The NLM Gateway allows users to search in multiple retrieval
systems at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). The current Gateway searches
MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, MEDLINEplus, DIRLINE, AIDS Meetings,
Health Services Research Meetings, Space Life Sciences Meetings, and HSRProj.
PubMed,
a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million
MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals.
PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related
resources. National
Organization of Rare Diseases (NORD)
Search the largest database of
understandable information on rare disorders. Over 1,100 diseases are included.
The
Future of Pediatric Education II Project
A three-yearinitiative launched
by the pediatric community to look at the health care needs of children in the
future and the workforce necessary to meet those needs. AAP
Chapter Web Sites
Find an AAP chapter near you. Pediatric
Career Information
Pediatrics 101 NAWHME
NAWHME's mission is to infuse women's health education into all phases of the
medical education curriculum, undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate, nationwide.
Loan
Repayment Program for Pediatric Researchers
NIH policy dated 9/17/01
NIH RFA for the Loan Repayment program for Pediatric Researchers. | 
