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Clinical Skills
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            TOPICS:
                    1. Clinical Skills
                    2. Ethics
                    3. Clinical Medicine
                    4. Faculty Development



1. Topics in Clinical Skills:

u Eye Simulation Page - (http://axis.cbcu.cam.ac.uk/mirrors/eyesim/eyesim.htm)  Check out this Great interactive site to learn,  review and test Cranial Nerves for eye movements from UC  Davis!    My favorite!!
uFind retinal photos of common conditions as part of an Ophthalmology Practice's Web Site
    (http://www.vrmny.com/)
u Photos of dermatologic interest:
  --  from University of Iowa   (http://tray.dermatology.uiowa.edu/DermImag.htm)
  --  Dermatology On-Line Atlas   (http://www.dermis.net/bilddb/index_e.htm)
u Dermatomes
      http://www.ncemi.org/cgi-ncemi/edecision.pl?TheCommand=Load&NewFile=dermatomes>
u Some Heart Sounds on the web from  McGill.
       (http://www.music.mcgill.ca/%7Etkatsia/heart_tables.html)
u Check out  "Diagnosis of Arthritis from the Appearance of Hands" (my title),
        http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/medicine/Rheumatology/Hands/Handmain.html
u Professor Christof  Daetwyler of University of Bern (Switzerland) has collected some interesting PE Materials in Skills.fp3 Database.  "The aim of this database is to collect medias about the medical physical examination."  I'm sure he'd like to link your favorites, too!
         http://medweb.unibe.ch/skills/

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2. Topics in Medical Ethics:

u Medical Ethics Page ("MedEthEx")  from MCP Hahnemann , (cases, consultants,
            references - great job!)   http://griffin.mcphu.edu/medethex/
u   "Choices in Dying" -  End of life issues and useful references for Advance Directives
            (including actual forms, updated) from  EVERY State in the US!   http://www.choices.org/
u     From the NEW medical student AMA Site - Cases in Law and Ethics
              http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/msjama/vm/cases/cases.htm
From the site, "Feminist Approach to BioEthics",  this list of Ethics-related links-
              http://www.uncc.edu/fab/links1.htm

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3. Topics in Clinical Medicine

u    ECG Learning Center (http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/index.html
u OnLine Clinical Calculator (from University of Wisconsin)
          (http://www.intmed.mcw.edu/clincalc.html)
u The Glasgow Coma Scale  - for those of us who usually forget the details!
         (http://rmstewart.uthscsa.edu/gcs/gcs.html)
Lead Poisoning Case (from ATSDR) http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HEC/caselead.html
u Hemochromatosis Case study    (http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/frank/titlecd.html)
u The Virtual Pediatric Patient from the University of Iowa
        (http://www.vh.org/Providers/Simulations/VirtualPedsPatients/PedsVPHome.html)
The Interactive Patient from Marshall University - a leader in this kind of website!
       (http://medicus.marshall.edu/medicus.htm)
"Problem-Based" Rheumatology - diagnose from pictures of hands.
       (http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/medicine/Rheumatology/Hands/Handmain.html)

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4.  Topics in Faculty Development

University of Oregan Teaching Effectiveness Program
           http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~tep/facdev/index.html
Center for Instructional Support, Univ of Colorado   http://www.uchsc.edu/CIS/index.html
u From WV School of Osteopathic Medicine
           http://www.wvsom.edu/ClinicalSciences/FacDev/facdev.htm
u Greg Kearsley's Theories Into Practice database gives an overview of adult learning theories.
          http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/
OMERD -A comprehensive  home page for Univ of Wisconsin faculty development and
           support  programs. http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/omerd/
u Office for Medical Education Research and Development (OMERAD) from College of
           Human Medicine at  Michigan  State University.   http://www.msu.edu/unit/omerad/

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updated 10/5/00