Links Directory
This directory contains links to useful resourses on the internet. Please choose a category from the table of contents.
Table of Contents
Links
Search and link sites
Trip Database
Remarkable, very useful. Superb design and functionality. Free to Register.
GP Notebook
"an online encyclopaedia of medicine" (UK)
Diseases Database
Functions like a huge textbook, linking mainly to "emedicine.com"
Health Protection Agency
UK.
Wikipedia
GANFYD
Online medical Encyclopaedia (modelled on Wikipedia)
Search Medica
Google Scholar
Univadis
allows access to gpnotebook that will generate a tracker list for your appraisal portfolio PUNs/DENs
CDC disease information
US equivalent of the HPA site.
PubMed
The RCGP links directory
detailed and comprehensive
The Doctor's Doctor
Pathology website
Attract
Interesting interactive search site - you may need to register
Family Practice notebook [US]
US version of gpnotebook
specialistinfo.com
www.specialistinfo.com is an online database of UK Hospitals, Consultants and GPs - good for addresses and telephone numbers
CRD Databases
Health and Social Care reviews.
acronym finder
Find out what any acronym or abbreviation stands for.
nathnac
national travel health network and centre centre. travel medicine site.
Clinical guidelines and guidance
PRODIGY
The former CKS guidelines, from Clarity Informatics.
NICE
Available in e-form
NICE on Cancer Referral
quick reference guide (pdf)
DVLA Medical Standards Fitness to Drive
click on the relevant pdf file
DWP Guide
The Health and Work Handbook: addresses Occupational Health and Rehabilitation issues as they relate to GP Med3 certification.
DWP Guide to Fit Notes
The comprehensive guide (as an online PDF) to completing Fit Notes.
SIGN
The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
RCOG
Their 'green top' clinical guidelines section
UK CKD website
Chronic kidney disease guidelines the eGFR calculator
The British Committee for Standards in Haematology
Guidelines about anticoagulation and other topics
British Thyroid Foundation
guidance on a number of thyroid disease topics.
GANFYD on GANFYD
if you don't know by now...
NZ Guidelines Group
extensive
Cardiac and Stroke network
East Midlands Cardiac and Stroke network; with a document library of guidelines
Journals and libraries
British Medical Journal
BMJ Clinical Evidence
Bandolier
The internet version lags 3/12 behind subscriber paper copies
National Library for Health
Cochrane Reviews
The Merck Manual
US online medical encyclopaedia
JAMA
Free access for issues 6 months to 5 years old - you need to register
The Lancet
Limited access - you need to register
The New England Journal of Medicine
Limited access - you need to register
Websites for patients
Patient.co.uk
The definitive general information website.
Travel Information
The NHS [Scotland] 'fit for travel' website
Arthritis Research Campaign
Large range of Patient Information Leaflets
Asthma UK
The 'all about' sections (both child and adult) are excellent
Diabetes UK
The British Diabetes Association site; with foreign language versions of some information.
Epilepsy Action
The British Epilepsy Association site
The DH Pregnancy Book
2009. Written to be given to expectant mothers.
netdoctor
patient search site
BAD's advice to patients
British Association of Dermatologists advice page
British Skin Foundation
Their patient advice page
emedicine's section on eye disease
Details about eye disease, for patients
kidney.org
the UK renal patient charity; good section on renal disease.
The Family Planning website
Contraception information
Quackwatch
Lab Tests Online
Excellent but technically quite demanding info for patients
Best Health (BMJ site)
The BMJ Clinical Evidence-derived site to advise patients
Arthritis Care UK
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Their information for patients section
RNID
Royal National Institute for the Deaf. Good section on 'Information and Resources.'
Age Concern
Their information and advice web-page
Citizens Advice Bureau
their 'get advice' page
UK Self Help
online directory of self-help organisations
embarrassing problems
talk to frank
the A-Z of drugs, information for patients
Patient Eligibility for NHS care
GANFYD's page on this
eligibility for NHS care (foreigners)
details who is entitled to NHS care of what sort... Edinburgh University Health Centre
The Physiotherapy Site
Websites for child health advice
birth to five: DH guidance
2009 DH guidance for parents
Your Child's Health
Paediatric weblink site courtesy of Dr James Robertson
Dr Greene's Paediatric site
US site
Contact a Family
UK site for families with a child who has a rare condition; also a good link source to information about rare disorders - see Index of Conditions in the section Medical Information.
Exercises for Young Athletes
US site
GIG
The Genetic Interest Group website
eric.org
childhood continence website
Kid's Health Growth Charts
Growth charts
HPA Guidance on Infection control in schools and other childcare settings
Therapeutics
electronic Medicines Compendium
e-equivalent of the Data Sheet Compendium book
BNF
The British National Formulary website
The MRHA
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
MRHA drug safety update page
Drug Safety Research Unit
The National Prescribing Centre
click on "MeReC" in the menu for access to MeReC bulletins.
Immunisation Action Coalition
US site for vaccination information
Skin medicine
Derm Net NZ
excellent despite scruffy site design
PCDS
The Primary Care Dermatology Society. British, for GPs.
bad.org
The British Association of Dermatology website
Dermatology Image Atlas
The Electronic Textbook of Dermatology
Dermatology Online Journal
University of California product
Skin Cancer
Skin Cancer and Benign Tumor Image Atlas
Atlas of Clinical Dermatology
Danish, in English
DermIS
German site, in English
Eye medicine
Eye Casualty
Oxford Eye Hospital site, some good info for patients
Vizcheck
A website that simulates colour blindness - informative
Mental health
NTW Mental Health Trust
Self-help leaflet page from the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear (Mental Health) Trust's website.
RCPsych Mental Health Information
...for patients
MIND
The National Association for Mental Health
Living Life to the Full
Online CBT website
Alcohol Concern
Useful 'Knowledge Base' section
Relate
formerly marriage guidance council
Rethink
The National Schizophrenia Fellowship
Samaritans
American Journal of Psychiatry
search facility same style as BMJ
E learning
Doctors Net UK
Large CME section - you need to register (using your GMC number)
BMJ Learning.com
Online education stuff and an excellent section on appraisal; (see Appraisal links below for alternatives)
OnMedica
Big UK learning site - you need to register
Medscape
Major US online CME site - you need to register
Learning Styles
Has an online test to measure your personal style (US)
Morbidity and Mortality Rounds on the web
A variety of learning material (US)
ECG learning site
Dr Dale Dublin's ECG site (no login needed0
the ecg library
Online samples of abnormal ECGs. Neat.
Utah Med School ECG learning site
DSRU Learning Modules
The Drug Safety Research Units learning modules for GPs
Instant Anatomy
Interesting anatomy website (for doctors)
GP Training net
Easy to use with sections on patient web info, CME and GP training, among others.
CPD Exchange
East Midlands Deanery calendar webpage detailing CPD events in the locality
Appraisal
The DH page on GP Appraisal
all the downloads you need, and DH Funding Guidance
The Clarity Appraisal Toolkit
RCGP ePortfolio
The RCGP Revalidation ePortfolio for GPs.
NELG's revalidation page
The North-East Employed and Locum GPs' Group.
The GMC Framework
The GMC's GMP Appraisal Framework
The RCGP
The RCGP's page on Revalidation
Good Medical Practice for GPs
The RCGP's GMP for GPs document
The GP Curriculum
RCGP pages re this
NHS Appraisal downloads library
This is what those driving appraisal are thinking and doing.
The BMA on Appraisal funding
definitive
Sites about computers and the internet
The Register
Online newspaper about computing and the internet
The Oxford Internet Institute survey of net usage
Click on the 2009 report on Internet usage (4th biennial survey)
NPfIT
NHS Connecting for Health
Palliative care
Palliative Care Links Directory
patient.co.uk links directory
What to do after a Death
Advice for the general public.
Registering a Death
Advice for the Public.
CKS guidance
Ten topics.
Prescribing in terminal care
patient.co.uk guidance
The Liverpool Care Pathway
(Marie Curie)
The Gold Standards Framework
Mid Trent Cancer Network
resources page
NICE guidance
Improving Supportive and Palliative Care for Adults with Cancer.
EMAS
EOLCD documents
GMC Guidance End of Life Care
GMC guidance for doctors.
Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment
NHS website offering detailed guidance, and a downloadable PDF.
GANFYD
GANFYD on Death Certification: advice for doctors.
Cremation Regulations
Ministry of Justice information, for Doctors.
Palliative Care Matters
Palliative drugs.com
you will need to register
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