Links Directory
This directory contains links to useful resourses on the internet. Please choose a category from the table of contents.
Table of Contents
- Search and link sites
- Clinical guidelines and guidance
- Journals and libraries
- Websites for patients
- Websites for child health advice
- Therapeutics
- Skin medicine
- Eye medicine
- Mental health
- E learning
- Appraisal
- Sites about computers and the internet
- Locum gps and related websites
- Reference links non medical
Links
Search and link sites
GP Notebook
"an online encyclopaedia of medicine" (UK)
Univadis
allows access to gpnotebook that will generate a tracker list for your appraisal portfolio PUNs/DENs
Diseases Database
Functions like a huge textbook, linking mainly to "emedicine.com"
Health Protection Agency
neat site design
CDC disease information
US equivalent of the HPA site, excellent of course
Search Medica
Beta version: 'SearchMedica is run by CMPMedica, part of United Business Media.'
Google Scholar
PubMed
The RCGP links directory
detailed and comprehensive
The Doctor's Doctor
Pathology website
Intute
Sophisticated link site; formerly called OMNI.
Attract
Interesting interactive search site - you may need to register
GANFYD
Online medical Encyclopaedia (modelled on Wikipedia)
Family Practice notebook [US]
US version of gpnotebook
GP Desktop
Built by Dr Miles Carter, a GP in Oxford
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
DH Clinical Knowledge Summaries
Accessed as thro' the NHS National Library for Health.
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 Guides for Medical Practitioners
Dept of Work and Pensions guides; a set of PDF downloads about Statements and Certification and Reports.
The DWP's IB204 guide
The comprehensive guide (as an online PDF) to completing Med 3s and Med 5s...
Cremation Rules and Forms
Dept of Justice page on the new Cremation Forms and Rules
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
Palliative Care Matters
Advance Decisions to Refuse Treatment
NHS website offering detailed guidance, and a downloadable PDF.
GANFYD on GANFYD
if you don't know by now...
NZ Guidelines Group
extensive
CVD risk calculator
TCR's online CVD risk calculator
Cardiac and Stroke network
East Midlands Cardiac and Stroke network; with a document library of guidelines
CREST guidelines
from Northern Ireland
Derbyshire County PCT clinical 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
The Cochrane Library
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
CRD York
various useful databases
Websites for patients
Patient.co.uk
The definitive general information website.
Travel Information
The NHS [Scotland] 'fit for travel' website
netdoctor
patient search site
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.
British Skin Foundation
Their patient advice page
BAD's advice to patients
British Association of Dermatologists advice page
Epilepsy Action
The British Epilepsy Association site
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 Treatments
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
2007 DH guidance for parents
Your Child's Health
Paediatric weblink site courtesy of Dr James Robertson
Dr Greene's Paediatric site
US site
Kid's Health Growth Charts
Growth charts
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
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.
Worst Pills
The 'worst pills' website - informed criticism of drug safety and efficacy issues
Immunisation Action Coalition
US site for vaccination information
RCOG Faculty of Family Planning
their publications list
Palliative drugs.com
you will need to register
Skin medicine
Derm Net NZ
widely used despite scruffy site design
The NLH Skin Disorders Library
absolutely outstanding (NLH = National Library for Health]
bad.org
The British Association of Dermatology website
Dermatology Image Atlas
Well worth a look
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
Darlington guidelines
.pdf notes about common skin conditions, and their treatment
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
In the drop down box "Category" click on "self help" and this yields the full set of PDF self help documents 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)
Chesterfield CPD
Chesterfield CPD's links page; excellent
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.
Appraisal
The DH page on GP Appraisal
all the downloads you need, and DH Funding Guidance
The NHS Appraisal Toolkit
Some problems of poor functionality. Is going to be revamped soon (due to Revalidation)
NELG's revalidation page
The North-East Employed and Locum GPs' Group. Helpful. Lovely site design.
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
The RCGP's CPD Credits Scheme
NHS Appraisal downloads library
This is what those driving appraisal are thinking and doing.
GPAQ
The GPAQ website
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
Reference links non medical
Wikipedia
Online Encyclopaedia
Encyclopaedia Britannica online
Librarians' index to the internet
A searchable annotated directory of literature
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