KCUMB Physiology Links

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Educational Resources (also check Physiology Departments (below) - there is substantial overlap).

Link Description

Tulane University's Anesthesiology Acid/base An excellent Acid/base tutorial.

Physiology Practice Tests Practice tests in physiology from the Department of Physiology at the University of Arizona.

KCUMB Library What you're already familiar with, just linked here for convenience.

Cyberounds Requires registration (free). The "conferences" section often contains interactive quizes and informational articles in each field of medicine.

Medline (through PubMed) The National Library of Medicine's FREE searchable index of journal articles. Includes ability to search CancerLit, AIDSLine, etc.... Same as linked under the UHS Library page.

Medscape Requires registration (free) - Designed for physicians. Often has cases, interactive quizes etc... There is one entire section devoted to Medical Students. Updates are posted frequently (some daily, some weekly).

Study Skills help - KUMC The links to study skills, time managment and evaluation (read: test-taking) are especially valuable - and written with the medical student in mind.

Medical Terminology (basic) In addition to having a nice medical terminology section (definitions and origins), this page links to several pages that may be of interest to your patients too.

Searchable Medical Dictionary This medical dictionary is part of cancerWEB and the OMD. It contains a search routine, as well as directions for downloading the list for use by the spell checking feature of Word. It is an excellent resource.

Educational Resources (also check Physiology Departments (below) - there is substantial overlap).
Link	Description
Tulane University's Anesthesiology Acid/base	An excellent Acid/base tutorial.
Physiology Practice Tests	Practice tests in physiology from the Department of Physiology at the University of Arizona.
KCUMB Library	What you're already familiar with, just linked here for convenience.
Cyberounds	Requires registration (free). The "conferences" section often contains interactive quizes and informational articles in each field of medicine.
Medline (through PubMed)	The National Library of Medicine's FREE searchable index of journal articles. Includes ability to search CancerLit, AIDSLine, etc.... Same as linked under the UHS Library page.
Medscape	Requires registration (free) - Designed for physicians. Often has cases, interactive quizes etc... There is one entire section devoted to Medical Students. Updates are posted frequently (some daily, some weekly).
Study Skills help - KUMC	The links to study skills, time managment and evaluation (read: test-taking) are especially valuable - and written with the medical student in mind.
Medical Terminology (basic)	In addition to having a nice medical terminology section (definitions and origins), this page links to several pages that may be of interest to your patients too.
Searchable Medical Dictionary	This medical dictionary is part of cancerWEB and the OMD. It contains a search routine, as well as directions for downloading the list for use by the spell checking feature of Word. It is an excellent resource.