The following is the second of a three-part series sharing your top picks for online resources. To read the first post, click here.
Dr. Albert Pearsall, professor of orthopaedics, frequently visits the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. He also uses VuMedi, a video sharing website where you can view, upload, and discuss surgical videos.
Dr. Thomas Martinko, associate professor of pediatrics, reads the American Academy of Pediatrics website, the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, cdc.gov and the Guttmacher Institute. Dr. Martinko also visits erowid.org, an online library containing information about psychoactive drugs, plants and chemicals.
Several USA faculty and staff frequently visit pages on the USA website, including the USA Hospitals Intranet -- http://hos.usouthal.edu/.
Karen Braswell, secretary in student affairs, reads http://blog.medicalschool.com/, http://futuredocsblog.com/ and http://medicinesocialjustice.blogspot.com/. Lynda Smith Touart, medical illustrator for USA, blogs at lyndatouart.net, which features her artwork and occasionally mentions medical illustrations.
Dr. William Gerthoffer, chair of biochemistry, visits Access Medicine and Science Daily.
Dr. William Broughton, professor of internal medicine, gets his data from http://www.chestnet.org/accp/chest-journal, http://www.thoracic.org/ and http://www.journalsleep.org/. For educational material pertaining to general education, he reads http://www.aldaily.com/, a site dedicated to the three best articles, book reviews and essays of the day. For news on science and computer development he visits http://slashdot.org/, self-described as “News for Nerds” that is informative, entertaining and up-to-date.
Stay tuned -- next week we'll continue to share more.
