August 2002 MedBytes: Medical Education



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Medical education is a broad subject, and you can find a lot of information on the Internet. This month's MedBytes takes a look at some of the sites you can see.

Medical Education Online
Medical Education Online (MEO), at www.med-ed-online.org, is an electronic journal that offers information on educating physicians and other health professionals. Manuscripts on any aspect of the medical education process are considered for peer-reviewed publication. The MEO site includes resources such as curricula, data sets, syllabi, software, and instructional materials. Sections include manuscripts and editorials discussing issues of general interest to the health education community; research articles presenting completed research and evaluation studies; and trend articles on new ideas, studies, and programs in the early stages of development. You'll also find a book review section with reviews of recently published books in health education. You can add your e-mail address to the site's subscription list and receive abstracts of the articles as they are made available through MEO's home page. Support for the site is provided by Michigan State University. Initial support for the development of the site came from the Office of Educational Development and the Department of Internal Medicine at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.

Medical Education Information Center
The University of Texas-Houston Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine's Medical Education Information Center at http://medic.med.uth.tmc.edu offers content designed to provide current and accurate information to support the clinical practice of medicine, especially pathology. The site includes instructional programs for the school's medicine, allied health, and graduate students; continuing medical education, references, and aids for physicians and nurses; and links to numerous Internet sites, including medical indexes, journals, and health care-related organizations. The self-study topics on the site include clinical pathology, allergy and immunology, hematology, and trauma.

The Internet Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education
Created by Edward C. Klatt, MD, of the University of Utah Department of Pathology, this site, at http://medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html, includes more than 1,900 images, text, tutorials, laboratory exercises, and examination items for self-assessment. Among the tutorials are normal anatomy, neuroanatomy, histotechniques, special stains, procedure manuals, and electron microscopy. A "Case of the Week" contest invites visitors to identify a disease process and/or related test. The winner is picked at random and receives a WebPath 7.0 CD-Rom by Dr. Platt.

Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
Log on to the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) site at www.accme.org and you'll find a convenient online application for accreditation or reaccreditation. The site has a lengthy list of materials for the initial application and for accreditation. All are downloadable in a PDF format. Among resources are guides and instructions for the initial application process and a sample application, instructions for conducting a self-study for reaccreditation, sample self-study reports and questions, and demographic information for applying for reaccreditation.

Association of American Medical Colleges
The Association of American Medical Colleges was founded in 1876 and represents 125 accredited medical schools, almost 400 teaching hospitals, and more than 105,000 faculty members in 98 academic and scientific societies. Its Web site at www.aamc.org includes the latest news on government activities affecting education, a career-planning program, a loan application, information on several grants and awards, and publications geared specifically to premeds, medical students, and residents. The site also provides a list of allopathic medical schools in the United States and Canada.

Texas Medical School Sites
Need to visit your alma mater's Web site? Here's a list of Texas medical schools and their Web site addresses.

Baylor College of Medicine
http://public.bcm.tmc.edu

The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center College of Medicine
http://medicine.tamhsc.edu/

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine

www.ttuhsc.edu

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
www.hsc.unt.edu/education/tcom

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Medicine 
http://som.uthscsa.edu/

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
www.utmb.edu

The University of Texas-Houston Medical School
www.med.uth.tmc.edu

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
www.utsouthwestern.edu

Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
For a complete listing of colleges of osteopathic medicine in the United States, go to http://www.aacom.org/Pages/default.aspx, the Web site of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine.

On the TMA Web Site
You can access links to all medical schools in Texas.

MedBytes is a quick look at new, or newly discovered, Web sites of interest to Texas physicians. The column also highlights features of the TMA Web site at www.texmed.org. If you know of some cool medical sites or have questions about how to use the TMA Web site, email  Erin Prather. Publication of information about Web sites in this column is not to be considered an endorsement or approval by the Texas Medical Association of the sites or sponsors, or of any products or services involved.

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