Steven L. Sivak, M.D.

The Paul J. Johnson Chairman of Medicine

Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Internet Based Resources

Textbooks

http://home.mdconsult.com/

MD Consult: This site contains 36 textbooks, journal search and practice guidelines. Subscription required.

http://host.statref.com/

StatRef is another collection of online textbooks. Subscription required.

http://pdr.net

Online PDR: Includes PDR, drug interaction database, Stedman’s Medical Dictionary. Free subscription available to physicians.

http://www.harrisononline.com/

Harrison’s Textbook of Medicine on line. Subscription required

http://www.update.com/

Up to Date is a continuously updated collection of evidence-based answers to clinical questions.

http://www.merckmedicus.com

Merck Medicus gives licensed physicians free access to MD Consult, Harrison’s On-Line, Cecil’s Textbook of Medicine

http://www.imedicine.com/wc.dll?eMedclass~welcomepage`&ID=1393 

E medicine: Electronic Textbook

http://www.pdxmd.com/framework/m site.htm  

Subscription site focuses on differential diagnosis and disease states. Information comes from textbooks and a variety of other sources. Website has nice patient information section.

http://md.skolar.com/index%20%20.jsp?trq=%2Fshine%2Fhome%2Fsearch.jsp&nav=home

Skolar; similar to MDConsult. Subscription required

Medline Search

Free:

PubMed  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

Subscription

http://webspirs.silverplatter.com/cgi-bin/customers/c37l8/c37l8.cgi.

http://www.kfinder.com/newweb/

http://www.ovid.com

Evidence Based Medicine

http://ebm.bmjjournals.com/

Evidence Based Medicine Journal On-Line

http://cochrane.hcn.net.au/

http://www.update-software.com/abstracts/mainindex.htm  (free access to abstracts)

Cochrane Reviews is a collection of reviewed topics from the Evidence Based Medicine group Subscription required.

http://www.cche.net/CHE/home.asp 

Users Guides to EBM and more

http://www.med.ualberta.ca/ebm/ebm.htm

Evidence Based Medicine Toolkit: Some helpful resources useful to teach EBM

http://acpic.org/

ACP Journal Club: Critically Appraised Journal Articles

http://dxplain.mgh.harvard.edu/

DXPLAIN will develop a Differential Diagnosis; Available only with institutional subscription.

http://bmj.com/archive/7104/7104ed.htm  http://bmj.com/archive/7105/7105ed.htm

Statistics for the Non-Statistician, Parts I and II

http://telemedicine.org/stamfor1.htmDerm 

http://dermis.multimedica.de/

Dermatology Atlas

http://calc.med.edu/

This site will perform a variety of medical calculations.

http://www.tulane.edu/departments/anesthesiology/acid/default.html

 This is a free site that features an Acid Base Tutorial and interpreter.

http://www.rxlist.com/

Identify pills, alternative treatments from this free site.

http://www.acls.net/

ACLS simulator

http://pathy.med.nagoya-u.ac.jp/atlas/doc/index.html

Hematology Atlas

http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/medicine/puImonar/cxr/csr.htm 

Chest X-Ray site from Loyola University

http://www.cardio-info.com/lnkhrtso.htm

Heart sounds, arrhythmias and ECGs

http://www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/lungintro.htm

Auscultation assistant

http://www.ecglibrary.com/ecghome.html

ECG

http://hopkins-aids.edu/

Site for AIDS information/cases/updates

http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html#MENU  

Pathology site from university of Utah.

http://www.gse.uci.edu/cli/medicalhtml/vcpredoctoral01.html

Residents as teachers site

http://medicine.ucsd.edu/clinicalmed/clinic.htm

Physical Diagnosis

http://www.medatrix.org

A “medical google”.

http://www.antibiotic-consult.com/index.htm

Antibiotic site with links to medical textbooks