A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine by UC San Diego

The University of California, San Diego has put a page called "A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine." The guide will allow the medical transcription student to have an idea on the different examinations or maneuvers conducted during a PE. Each system is discussed here; from the eye exam to the neurological exam. Included in the discussion are topics on the History of Present Illness (HPI) and Vital Signs, as well as a list of commonly used abbreviation in medicine. If the student is interested in getting more resources off the net the website also has a page the lists different medical topics like that on anatomy, cardiology, dermatology, general physical exam, and more.

Urinary system links

Online resources about the urinary system.

"How Kidneys Work" from Kidney Health Australia.

DaVita Videos. DaVita provides dialysis services to those with chronic renal disease.

Atlas of Diseases of the Kidneys

I will be adding more links on a future date.

Clinical Cases and Images

Clinical Cases and Images is a blog that it presents different clinical cases in each system like the pulmonary system, the GI system, CV, and others. The case is concise but contains information like PMH, Medications, Allergies, PE, Vital signs, etc. Each case also includes figures and images.

Podcast links galore!

Podcasts links

I've introduced the concept of podcasts to some of you today. To recap, a podcast is an audio or video file that you can subscribe to and download thru the internet. All except for a very few podcasts are free. You can use your computer, a digital music player or your cellphone to listen to podcasts. Preferably, you should have a broadband connection to get these files but dial-up will suffice except that downloading a file will take a bit longer.

The list below are the different podcasts aggregated by some websites. Click on the name of the site to go to the webpage. I will be adding more podcasts later.

McGraw-Hill's AccessMedicine Weekly

ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Health Report Listen to this Australian podcast to get used to different accents during transcription.

MedicineNet

Journal of the American Medical Association

John Hopkins Medicine's Pod Med

Medkast

New England Journal of Medicine

American College of Cardiology (RSS)

American Heart Association (RSS)

Cardiovascular Multimedia Information Network

STAT! Neurology podcast

CME Podcasting has an extensive list of podcasts but requires you to register.

A list of more podcasts can be seen on the New Media Medicine Blog.

MT resources

The following are medical transcription resources in the internet an MT student or MT professional can use for research unfamiliar terms heard on a voice file. This is just a small list and still has room to grow. Suggestions are most welcome.

• MT Desk
  
• MT World
  

Dermatology picture links

These are links to pictures as a companion for the dermatology lecture.

Diagrams of the layers of the skin here and here

Hair anatomy from the University of Southern Dakota.

Photomicrograph of the skinfrom the Northern Kentucky University.