Practice Of Medicine I

Web Sites at other Locations

Below are web sites that students will find useful while studying for this course.

Physical Diagnosis Sites

• Neurological Exam
  
• R.A.L.E.® Lung Sounds
• http://www.cardiovillage.com/
• http://medicine.osu.edu/exam/
• Auscultation Assistant
• Video presentation of the neurological exam from the Univ. of Toronto
• Skin Exam

   

Domestic Violence

• ACOG/CDC Powerpoint - Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy
  http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/drh/violence/ipvdp_download.htm
• AMA Clinical Guidelines on Routine Screening:
  http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/upload/mm/386/guidelines.pdf
• Family Violence Prevention Fund
  http://endabuse.org
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  http://www.ncadv.org/index.htm
• Charlottesville Shelter
  http://www.shelterforhelpinemergency.org/
• Charlottesville Sexual Assault Resource Agency
  http://www.sexualassaultresources.org/

Ethics

• AMA ethics site:
  http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/11136.html
  

Public Health & Preventive Medicine

• United States Preventive Services Task Force: Evidence-based guidelines on primary prevention and screening.
  http://www.ahcpr.gov/clinic/uspstfix.htm
  
• Third Report of the Expert Panel on Detection,
  Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults
  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/index.htm
  
• Centers for Disease Control
  www.cdc.gov
• Virginia Department of Health, TB control
  http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epi/tb/
  
• Virginia regulations about reportable diseases
  http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+32.1-36
  
• List of reportable diseases in VA
  http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epi/list.htm
  
  Cultural competency links
• AMSA site - brief overview of principles of cultural competency and three short cases:
  http://www.amsa.org/programs/gpit/cultural.cfm
• Diversity RX - Web-site with a policy perspective on cultural issues
  http://www.diversityrx.org/HTML/ESWEL.htm
• Stanford - Core curriculum in Ethnogeriatrics. Resource with extensive information about cultural issues among older Americans, with information about specific cultural groups. http://www.stanford.edu/group/ethnoger/index.html
• Stanford - Geriatric Education Center - Interactive Quizzes and Module in Cultural Issues, particularly as they relate to caring for older patients. Specific information about religious and cultural issues involved in medical decision-making.
  http://www.stanford.edu/dept/medfm/gec/modules.htm
  
  Ethics Cases
  
  
  Quick easy questions for analyzing ethics cases
  http://www.apa.udel.edu/apa/archive/newsletters/v97n1/medicine/quick.asp
• Principles of Medical Ethics - respect for autonomy cases
  http://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/bioethics/tools/prin1cs.html
• Principles of Bioethics
  http://eduserv.hscer.washington.edu/bioethics/tools/princpl.html#prin1
• ethics cases - multiple areas
  http://ethics.sandiego.edu/resources/cases/HomeOverview.asp
• wvu medical ethics homepage
  http://fozzy.wvsc.edu/~hall/Advisor/Medicalethics/index.html
• interactive cases:
  http://library.colstate.edu/resources/m_eth.shtml
  
  
  
  Communication
• Essentials of Cultural Competency and Motivational Interviewing
  http://www.arhp.org/healthcareproviders/onlinepublications/QRGPACC.cfm
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  
  Interviewing
• http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Practitioner/CliniciansGuide2005/clinicians_guide.htm