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.
American Cancer Society
What you will find: provides comprehensive information about various types of cancer and treatment options.
Career Guidance Resources on the Internet
http://www.mdc.edu/medical/library/teaching.asp#career
What you will find: provides links to the websites for Occupational Outlook Handbook, Florida Health Careers, Choices Planner and other career 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.
Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body
What you will find: features 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication.
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.
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.
MedlinePlus
What you will find: includes a Medical Encyclopedia, Medical Dictionary, Doctor and Dentist Directories, and an interactive tutorial on radiation therapy.
MERCKSource Resource Library
What you will find: includes A.D.A.M. Health Illustrated Encyclopedia, Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, Merck Manuals, the PDR Family Guide to Over-the-Counter Drugs, and virtual body tours.
National Cancer Institute
What you will find: provides comprehensive information about various types of cancer and treatment options.
A Patient's Guide to Radiation Oncology Procedures
http://www.vh.org/adult/patient/radiationoncology/guide/index.html
What you will find: provides information on total body irradiation, vascular brachytherapy, low dose rate brachytherapy, stereotactic radiosurgery stereotactic radiotherapy, and intensity modulated radiotherapy.
Occupational Health and Safety Administration
What you will find: provides health standards, regulations, and inspections to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths.
OncoLink
What you will find: provides comprehensive information about various types of cancer and treatment options.
Radiation Safety and Protection
http://www.ecureme.com/emyhealth/data/Radiation_Safety_and_Protection.asp
What you will find: defines radiation, sources and effects of radiation, and methods of protecting yourself from radiation.
Radiation Therapy
http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/therapy/radiation_therapy.htm
What you will find: describes how radiation therapy is used to treat brain tumors, breast cancer, colorectal cancer, head & neck cancer, lung cancer, and prostate cancer. This page also explains different procedures, such as external beam therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery. Further, it describes equipment that may be used such as a linear accelerator and a gamma knife.
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.