Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc.
What you will find: provides a listing of accredited PA educational programs, and information and procedures for continuing accreditation.
AIDS Info
What you will find: offers information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and research. Topics include a drug database, clinical trials, and vaccine research.
Career Guidance Resources on the Internet
http://www.mdc.edu/medical/library/teaching.asp#career
What you will find: scroll to the bottom of the page for links to the websites for Occupational Outlook Handbook, Florida Health Careers, Choices Planner and other related sites.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
What you will find: provides up-to-date information on many aspects of health care, including diseases and conditions, vaccines and immunizations, and emergency preparedness and response. It also includes a section with health statistics.
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
What you will find: provides resources to support evidence-based medicine, such as guidelines for asking focused clinical questions and a collection of critical appraisal tools.
CollectiveMed
What you will find: provides information and links to medical PDA software available on the Internet.
CPR/ECC Guidelines: Webcasts from the American Heart Association
http://www.eccguidelineswebcast.org/index.html
What you will find: provides webcasts on the 2005 American Heart Association guidelines for CPR and ECC for 3 different populations: hospitals, EMS, and the community.
Florida Department of Health: Physician Assistants Council Overview
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/physAsst/pa_home.html
What you will find: provides information about changes in law, information and forms for licensure, and describes continuing education requirements.
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
What you will find: features 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication.
Healthfinder
What you will find: provides links to the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet.
Health Resources and Services Administration's HIPAA Web Site
What you will find: links to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance procedures.
Healthy People 2010
What you will find: a statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats.
Human Patient Simulators (HPS)
http://www.mdc.edu/medical/lr/casa/hps.asp
What you will find: describes the availability and usage of the two human patient simulators (an adult and a child) available at the Medical Center Campus.
Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/tutorials/ebm/index.htm
What you will find: defines evidence-based medicine, illustrates the anatomy of a good clinical question, and identifies criteria for determining the validity of a study.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
What you will find: the United State's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body for health care organizations and programs.
Lab Tests Online
What you will find: this site describes why different types of lab tests are given and how to interpret the results. It also describes different conditions and diseases and preventive screening measures that can be taken. This site is searchable by test name or the name of the condition or disease, including HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Learn CPR
http://depts.washington.edu/learncpr/index.html
What you will find: provides illustrated guides on performing CPR on adults, children, infants, and pets. Video demonstration also provided.
MD Net Guide
http://mdnetguide.net/index.php
What you will find: provides PDA Resources, eAbstracts, Medsites, Clinical Trial Reports, Clinical Focus, Patient Friendly Websites, Advocacy and Event Information.
MedlinePlus
What you will find: includes a Medical Encyclopedia, Medical Dictionary, and Interactive Tutorials on common procedures and conditions.
MERCKSource Resource Library
What you will find: includes A.D.A.M. Health Illustrated Encyclopedia, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Merck Manuals, and the PDR Family Guide to Over-the-Counter Drugs.
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
What you will find: provides information, practice questions, and registration for the Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE).
Occupational Health and Safety Administration
What you will find: provides health standards, regulations, and inspections to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths.
The PA Forum
http://www.physicianassistant.net/index.php
What you will find: provides a discussion forum for physician assistant students.
Physician Assistant/Associate World
What you will find: provides general information about the PA field and job listings.
Physician Assistant Jobs
http://www.physicianassistantjobs.com/
What you will find: provides employment listings.
A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine
http://medicine.ucsd.edu/clinicalmed/heart.htm
What you will find: provides a comprehensive physical examination and clinical education site, including exam techniques described in step-by-step detail.
Student Success Center (SSC), Medical Campus, Miami Dade College
http://www.mdc.edu/medical/lr/casa/default.asp
What you will find: provides a listing of computer based tutoring programs accessible from computers in the Medical Campus Library and in SSC. SSC also offers online and face-to-face tutoring services. For more information on any of these services or programs, contact SSC at (305) 237-4499.
Virtual Hospital
What you will find:
provides links to information by subject area and organ system, patient
simulations, multimedia teaching files, continuing education sources, grand
rounds, lectures, and conferences, etc.