Resources for OT, PA, and
Health Sciences on the Internet:
Selected Bookmarks by Di Su
COMPREHENSIVE SITES
U.S.
National Library of Medicine <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/>
NLM
provides many of its products and services on the Web, including the
highly-used PubMed database, a collection of millions of citations for
biomedical articles back to the 1950's, and MedlinePlus, an extensive source of
health information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted
sources.
PubMed <http://www.ncbi.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi>
A
service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 14 million citations
for biomedical articles back to the 1950's. These citations are from MEDLINE
and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites
providing full text articles and other related resources.
MedlinePlus <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/>
“Information about diseases,
conditions, and wellness issues in language you can understand. MedlinePlus
offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.” A
NLM service.
Reuters
Health Information Services <http://www.reutershealth.com>
Reuters
Health (RH) is the world's leading provider of medical and healthcare news.
Our news services are internationally recognized as unbiased, authoritative,
timely an dependable, with the reputation for quality that one expects from a
Reuters company.
RH's news stories are written by a staff of dedicated journalists with a deep
and broad knowledge of the healthcare field. From news bureaus in
HealthFinder <http://www.healthfinder.gov>
A
free guide to reliable consumer health and human services information, developed
by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
DIRECTORIES
Directory
of Health Organizations Online <http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov/>
Provided
by the
AMA
Physician Select <http://dbapps.ama-assn.org/aps/amahg.htm>
Provides
basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the
Doctor
Directory
<http://www.doctordirectory.com/>
Doctors
listings nationwide, hospital directory, health plan directory, and health new
& information directory.
Doctor Reviews and Ratings <http://www.zocdoc.com/>
ZocDoc is a free service that
allows patients to find a nearby doctor or dentist who accepts their insurance
Professional
Misconduct and Physician Discipline <http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/opmc/main.htm>
Provided
by the
Office of the
Professions
<http://www.op.nysed.gov/>
New York State
Education Department. Online license or certification
verification, guidelines for practitioners
GENERAL REFERENCE
The
Merck Manual
<http://www.merck.com/>
Diagnostic
handbook. In Merck & Co., Inc.'s Web Site, select "The Merck
Manuals".
MedcineNet <http://www.medicinenet.com/>
General
reference.
Ask
Dr. Weil
<http://www.drweil.com/app/cda/drw_cda.html>
A leading provider of online information and products for
optimum health and wellness.
Virtual
Hosted
by the
STATISTICS
World Health Organization
<http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm>
National
Center for Health Statistics <http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/>
Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention <http://www.cdc.gov/>
The
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research <http://www.ahcpr.gov/data/>
New York City Community Health Profiles <http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/html/data/data.shtml>
New York State Health Statistics & Data <http://www.health.ny.gov/statistics/>
JOURNALS / MAGAZINES (Alphabetical)
BioMed Central <http://www.biomedcentral.com>
An
independent publishing house committed to providing immediate free access to
peer-reviewed biomedical research.
Directory
of Open Access Journals <http://www.doaj.org/>
Offers
free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals.
Find Articles <http://www.findarticles.com/>
Free full text article search.
Organized by subjects.
Free Medical Journals <http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/>
Dedicated
to the promotion of free access to medical journals over the Internet.
The
Journal of Biological Chemistry <http://www.jbc.org/>
The
entire archive of JBC, 1905-2003.
The
Journal of Neuroscience <http://www.jneurosci.org/>
Free one year after publication.
The
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) <http://pubs.ama-assn.org/>
Free
6 month to 5 years after publication.
MagPortal <http://www.magportal.com/>
Find articles from many free magazines
MedPage
Today <http://www.medpagetoday.com/>
Medical
news service, co-developed by MedPage Today and The University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine.
PloS
Medicine
<http://www.plosmedicine.org/medicine/index.html>
International
Open-access medical journal from the Public Library of Science.
Public
Library of Science <http://www.publiclibraryofscience.org/>
Committed
to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available
public resource.
PubMed <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi>
Sets
of related articles pre-computed for each article cited in MEDLINE.
PubMed
Central
<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Pmc>
An
archive of life sciences journals.
SPECIAL TOPICS
Prevention
Online <http://www.health.org/>
Provided
by
Cancer
Clinical Trials <http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials>
A
list of ongoing clinical trials provided by National Cancer Institute.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center <http://www.mskcc.org/>
One of the world's premier
cancer centers.
Evidence-Based
Medicine
<http://www.cebm.net/>
Oxford-Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine.
The
Evidence-Based
The
National
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine <http://nccam.nih.gov/>
“Explore
complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous
science.”
E-MEDICAL
InteliHealth <http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/408/408.html>
AmericasDoctor <http://www.americasdoctor.com/>
WebMD <http://www.webmd.com/>
Dr.Koop <http://www.drkoop.com/>
MEDICAL SCHOOLS
Johns
Hopkins Medicine <http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/>
Harvard
Medical School
<http://www.med.harvard.edu/>
Yale
Medical School <http://info.med.yale.edu/ysm/index.html>
Weill
Medical College of Cornell University <http://www.med.cornell.edu/>
NYU
School of Medicine <http://www.med.nyu.edu/>
OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Description of the profession by U.S. Dept of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (AOTA) <http://www.aota.org/>
A nationally
recognized professional association for over 60000 occupational
therapists and occupational therapy assistants.
National Board for Certification in
Occupational Therapy (NBCOT)
<http://www.nbcot.org/>
Not-for-profit credentialing
agency that provides certification for the occupational therapy profession.
World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) <http://www.wfot.org.au/>
Founded in 1952,
WFOT currently has 60 member associations.
Medical Central
<http://www.medical-central.org/occupational-therapist.htm>
OccupationalTherapists.com <http://www.occupationaltherapist.com/>
OT Seeker <http://www.otseeker.com/>
Database that contains
abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to
occupational therapy.
Job Postings
<http://goodnewspersonnel.com/JobPostings.html>
Free
viewing
PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANT
The
American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) <http://www.aapa.org/>
The
PA Job Link
<http://www.healthecareers.com/site_templates/AAPA/index.asp?aff=AAPA&SPLD=AAPA>
(Last
updated: 4/3/2013)
