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: