Exercise is Medicine Guide for Physicians

Exercise is Medicine™ Health Care Providers' Action Guide High Resolution (for printing) Low Resolution (for online viewing and e-mailing) . Action Guide Supplemental Materials Starting an Exercise Program Patient Handout Your Prescription for Health flier series (Information and recommendations for exercising safely with a variety of health conditions) Physician Office Flier (low resolution: for e-mailing and online viewing) Physician Office Flier (high resolution: for printing) Appendix A: Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire Appendix B: Exercise Prescription and Referral Form Appendix C: Physical Activity Clearance Form

OTIS: Hotline for Information about Drugs and Exposures in Pregnancy

OTIS: Organization of Teratology Information Specialists

OTIS, the Organization of Teratology Information Specialists, is a non-profit organization made up of individual services (TIS) throughout North America. They are dedicated to providing accurate evidence-based, clinical information to patients and health care professionals about exposures during pregnancy and lactation. Resources also available in Spanish.

National Referral Number 1-866-626-6847

Fact Sheets

Emergency Medicine Diagnosis at a Glance

Emergency Medicine journal has Diagnosis at a Glance, case photos submitted by physicians. Test your diagnostic abilities.

First Watch: Journal Updates

JournalWatch: Physician's First Watch

A free daily alert on current news that affects your practice — from medical journals, government agencies, scientific conferences, and major media reports.

Physician’s First Watch is your FREE daily dose of the handful of medical news stories and announcements you need to know about — delivered to your inbox each weekday morning.

First Watch is part of a website from the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine.

List of Journals Watched

Rheumatology Image Bank

The American College of Rheumatology has created an online collection of rheumatology-related images. Serving as a centralized resource for clinicians, researchers and health care professionals, the Rheumatology Image Bank provides assistance in self-study. Excel your knowledge by exploring more than 1,500 images of rheumatic diseases ranging from common conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and gout to rare conditions including multicentric reticulohistiocytosis, relapsing polychondritis and the various heritable disorders of the connective tissue.

PsychSolve: New Harbinger Press Mental Health Problem Solver

PsychSolve is published by New Harbinger Press and is written by Jeffrey C. Wood, Psy.D.,a licensed psychologist and author of Getting Help.
Info is aimed at patients, with brief entries about diagnosis, cause, and treatment on topics such as:

1. Common problems such as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, phobias, trauma, drug and alcohol problems, low self-esteem, and stress
2. Relationship problems
3. Eating disorders
4. Chronic pain issues

Acid-Base Tutorial

Dr. Grogono has created an Acid-Base Tutorial with terminology, history, physiology, and diagrams. Peer-reviewed by MedEd Portal of AAMC.

Getting Started

Physiology and history are both good places to start for most people.
Alternatively, use the Index to select the topic that interests you most.