Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Online Procedure Guides

Clinical Cases and Images has a nice list of procedure guides, in formats such as video, powerpoint and illustrations.

Topics include:

Central line placement. See also Central line placement with ultrasound guidance.
Thoracentesis (pleural tap)
Paracentesis (ascites tap)
Arthrocentesis (joint tap)
Arterial line placement is illustrated in The Internet Journal of Health.

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

ECG Wave Maven

ECG Wave Maven is a self assessment program for students and clinicians, developed by physicians from Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and Harvard University, as a way to improve ECG literacy.

Registration Required
Browse the Case List (quiz mode)
Browse with Diagnoses (reference mode)
View a Random Case
View the Most Recent Case
Search Cases by Diagnosis
Provide Feedback to the Authors

Related Post:
Emergency ECG Module

CT is us: Radiology Pearls and More

CT is us is created and maintained by The Advanced Medical Imaging Laboratory (AMIL). AMIL is a multidisciplinary team dedicated to research, education, and the advancement of patient care using medical imaging with a focus on spiral CT and 3D imaging.

25 CT pearls added each month.

Teaching files with 1,000's of cases

Radiology Quiz each month with chance to win prizes

All of the quizzes from April 2006 onward have the answers presented in a Vodcast discussion format. To subscribe to the quiz Vodcasts please see instructions page! This month's prize is a CD: No Line on the Horizon by U2.This month's quiz deadline is March 31. They will post the answers and a new quiz on April 1st

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Current Psychiatry Online Pearls

PURL's from Journal of Family Practice

Tips on Prescribing for Walmart

Clinical Cases Online

Neurology E-Pearls of the Week