What's New?Practical Prof’s Best of the Internet
Teaching resources on the web
Here’s a listing of my (other!) favorite teaching sites presented at the SRPC’s Rural and Remote Conference in Halifax in April 2008. All but one of the sites is free, but some may require registration.
Clinical teaching
Teaching procedures
Procedures are unpredictable in rural practice. These videos will help refresh the trainee’s knowledge (and maybe yours!)
Clinical reference resources
- Canadian Medical Association Portal
This provides a good mix of offerings including Lexidrugs, access to MD Consult and Infopoems, together with a selection of patient handouts. A huge number of Clinical Practice Guidelines can also be accessed
- I’m always misplacing my copy of the CMA’s Fitness to Drive Guidelines. An online version is available on another part of the CMA site
- Just the Berries
Best evidence summaries on clinical topics relevant to family medicine from St Martha’s Hospital Nova Scotia
- Bandolier
Similar clinical summaries but from Oxford in England. Easier to search and a more rigorous evidence base make this my favorite.
Therapeutics
Two great western Canadian sites to foster healthy skepticism about the claims of big pharma. Where’s Alberta’s contribution?
Evidence based medicine
Can’t remember if you SpIn or SnOut? These sites will help refresh your memory about sensitivity and specificity, together will all the other key concepts in Evidence Based Medicine.
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