Web Resources

Links to a number of useful web resources to help improve quality of Medical Education in your Institution QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

• WFME Trilogy : World Federation for Medical Education’s documents for improving the quality of Under Graduate, Post Graduate as well as Continuing Professional Development education. To this , one for PhD Education has been added

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT:

• Faculty Development Resources & links on a large number of Teaching -Learning methods & tools
• Teaching & Learning Resources Stanford University
• Teaching Tools – McMaster University
• Teaching Guides University of Minnesota
• Bibliography : from the University of Toronto
• Faculty Development links – Florida State University

CLINICAL SKILLS:

• AAMC Best Practices in CME (click here)
• Resident Teachers The Skills development Website of the University of California Irvine
• Teaching Resources: Academic Portfolios, Writing Objectives, Case-based learning, Large & Small-group learning – Florida State University
• Learning and Teaching Resources: Center for research on Teaching & Learning , University of Michigan
• Evaluation of Teaching: University of Michigan

STUDENT TRAINING:

• Learning Styles Models- Felder: Assessment of Learning Style preferences ; Kolbs Experiential Learning
• Experiential Learning & Education : Philosophy, Theory, Practice and Resources
• Teaching Strategies: Experiential Learning – University of Michigan
• Problem Based Learning– McMaster University

EDUCATION RESEARCH: Resources to help you carry out educational research or show you how others have done it …..

Free Online Survey Software

• SurveyMonkey: to enable anyone to create professional online surveys quickly and easily
• QuestionPro : a web based service for conducting online surveys , ideal for simple projects
• FreeOnlineSurveys.com : Create your own free survey in 10 minutes…
• StatPac Survey : to conduct online surveys, telephone interviewing (CATI), or traditional paper questionnaires.

WHO Resources:

• The WHO Librarary Documents & Publications: Useful WHO documents, Bulletins, TRS, Monographs
• WHOLIS : WHO e-library search of WHO Publications .It indexes all WHO publications from 1948 onwards
• The SEARO WHO Information Source: resources available from WHO SEARO
  • Resources for Health Workforce Development
  • E-learning in UG HealthProfessions Education: Systematic review of effectiveness
  • Global Health Library
• WHO & Medical Education: Links to descriptions of activities, reports, news and events & WHO Directory of Medical Schools

BMJ Resources:

• How to read a paper ;
• Statistics at square one ;
• Archives of BMJ on line ;
• Evidence Based learning;

ERIC There are now more than 100,000 documents in ERIC® that can be downloaded for free by anyone, on demand. The International Handbook of Research in Medical Education: a book in 2 volumes containing review of current research findings and contemporary issues in health sciences education

Free Medical Journals :

• MedIND Biomedical Journals from India ; Qmed: More Indian journals
• NEJM Free access for developing countries
• HighWire Press site of Stanford University
• The Geneva Foundation site ;
• Bioline International site ;
• Free Medical Journals site ;
• The PubMedCentral open list ;
• Rowland Medical Library E-Resources of the University of Mississippi Medical Center
• JAMA Archives ;

SCHOLARSHIP DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

• Reference Style : BMA links to the Vancouver and Harvard styles of referencing articles in journal and book publications.
• Uniform Requirement for Manuscripts submitted to Biomedical Journals: International Committee of Medical Journal Editors site

RESEARCH ETHICS:

• WMA International Code Adopted by the 3rd General Assembly of the World Medical Association, London, England, October 1949 covering duties of Physicians in general, thse towards patients and colleagues etc.
• WMA Ethics Manual it helps prepare medical students and physicians to better navigate through the many ethical challenges we face in our daily practice
• Helsinki Declaration Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects
• Journal of Medical Ethics From the BMJ stable , this journal seeks to promote ethical reflection and conduct in scientific research and medical practice

MEDICAL EDUCATION JOURNALS Links to Medical Educations that are freely available on-line and those that require a subscription. EDUCATION TOOLS Links that are a wealth of resources to tools used in improving student learning: