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The Division of
Dermatology and University of Washington make no
recommendation or endorsement of organizations listed. They
are provided solely as a public service. Individuals must
determine for themselves how to use the information
provided. When making medical decisions, a physician should
be consulted. All individual website
disclaimers should be read.
INDEX OF LINKS TO SITES OF
INTEREST
Dermatologic Surgery Links
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Dermatology
Sites of Interest
Dermatology Journals &
Textbooks Online
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Academic Dermatology Department
Websites
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Dermatology Educational Resources
for Health Care Professionals, Medical Students, and
Residents
- Dermatology
Online Atlas
- An excellent online atlas developed by
the University of Erlangen Dermatology Department
(English version available)
- DermAtlas
- The Dermatlas is an international
collaborative project that enables health care
professionals,parents, and patients to access high
quality dermatology images on the Web. The
Dermatlas also includes an online Dermatology Quiz
that allows trainees to test their diagnostic
skills. The Dermatlas is compiled, reviewed, scored
and updated by physicians of the Johns Hopkins
University.
- Dermatology
Image Bank
- An image-rich teaching site excellent for
medical students, primary care M.D.'s and beginning
derm residents. An image-based overview of common
dermatologic disorders. Includes video
demonstration of basic derm procedures (large files
requiring RealPlayer and a fast connection). By
John L. Bezzant M.D.
- Loyola
University Dermatology Medical Education
Website
- Contains a dermatology online atlas
including benign and malignant skin tumors. Also
contains an Atlas of Derm Surgery Procedures, and a
review of the anatomy and histology of the
skin.
- Information
on the Ozone Layer
- "A resource file for both teachers and
students interested in the ozone
layer."
- Hellenic
Association of Dermatology Page
- An online atlas and other resources
- The
University of Washington "Language of Dermatology"
Page
- An atlas and introductory website with
descriptions, drawings, and a quiz on the
definitions and terminology of dermatology.
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Dermatology Patient Group
Websites
Search the Literature
Websites
Drug Information
Websites
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Excellent Sources of Information
for Patient Care Websites
- Laboratory
Tests for Dermatology (U. Rochester)
- provides up-date-information on many of
the rarely ordered and difficult to obtain
diagnostic tests for dermatologic
diseases.
- Catalog
of Genetic Diseases - Online Mendelian Inheritance in
Man
- "This database is a catalog of human
genes and genetic disorders authored and edited by
Dr. VictorA. McKusick and his colleagues at Johns
Hopkins and elsewhere, and developed for the World
Wide Web by NCBI, the National Center for
Biotechnology Information. The database contains
textual information, pictures, and reference
information."
- Gene
Clinics
- "GeneClinics is a medical knowledge base
relating genetic testing to the diagnosis,
management, and genetic counseling of individuals
and families with specific inherited disorders.
Funded by the NIH • Developed at the
University of Washington, Seattle"
- Gene
Tests
- For Health Care Providers. Registration
Required.
- Information
for Genetic Professionals (University of Kansas
Site)
- A website maintained by the University of
Kansas with multiple databases including an index
of support groups and resources related to
genetics.
- Botanical
Dermatology Database
- "BoDD is an electronic re-incarnation of
BOTANICAL DERMATOLOGY by J Mitchell & A Rook,
which was originally published in 1979 by
Greengrass Ltd, Vancouver [ISBN
0-88978-047-1]." This website has an updated
on-line version (Richard J. Schmidt PhD). Though
not complete, it is an excellent
resource.
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Evidence Based Medicine (EBM)
Websites
- Core
Library for Evidence Based Medicine
Practice
- This has been outstanding resource with
links to online full-text versions of key articles
on EBM including the CMAJ, JAMA and BMJ series. As
of 3-1-2000 some of the full-text links appear to
have been removed, however the majority remain
valid.
- British
Medical Journal "How to Read a Paper"
Series
- Online full-text series of articles from
the BMJ reviewing how to read a paper.
- www.ebderm.org
- An excellent resource with multiple links
to EBM sites developed at Case
Western.
- Bandolier
Website
- "Bandolier is produced monthly in Oxford
for the NHS R&D directorate. It contains bullet
points (hence Bandolier) of
EBM."
- University
of Rochester CAT's
- Critically appraised topics developed by
the University of Rochester's Internal
Medicine/Primary Care/Pediatrics
Departments.
- EBM
Toolkit
- A toolkit for EBM including a glossary of
terms and downloadable worksheets to help in the
critical reading of articles.
- University
of Washington Department of Medical Education EBM
Site
- A guide to EBM from UW Medical Education.
Full text versions of key articles on EBM are
available to UW faculty, students and
trainees
- Stats
CMH Page
- An incredibly useful and fun website by
Steve Simon PhD. from the office of Medical
Research at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas
City. Downloadable snippets of information about
statistics and EBM.
- Netting
the Evidence Website
- A comprehensive review of many useful
EBM-related websites.
ACP
Journal Club
- ACP Journal Club is published bimonthly
by the American College of Physicians-American
Society of Internal Medicine and includes EBM
reviews of articles with commentary.
- Evidence
Based Medicine Journal
- Articles are summarised in value-added
abstracts and commented on by clinical experts.
Evidence-Based Medicine, a co-publication of the
BMJ Publishing Group and the American College of
Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine,
is published bimonthly.
- The
Cochrane Library
- "The Cochrane Library is an electronic
publication designed to supply high quality
evidence to inform people providing and receiving
care, and those responsible for research, teaching,
funding and administration at all levels. It is
published quarterly on CD-ROM and the Internet, and
is distributed on a subscription basis." The
Abstracts of Cochrane Reviews are available without
charge and can be browsed or searched on their
website
- The
Cochrane Skin Group
- "The Cochrane Skin Group is part of the
Cochrane Collaboration, with the aim of preparing,
maintaining and promoting the accessibility of
systematic reviews of the effects of health care
interventions.
Plain Old Fun Websites (some
dermatology related :-)
- Glossary
of Mathematical Mistakes
- A fascinating website that discusses
mathematical mistakes. "This is a list of
mathematical mistakes made over and over by
advertisers, the media, reporters, politicians,
activists, and in general many non-math people." By
Paul Cox
- Dermatology
in the Cinema Website
- By Vail Reese M.D. who introduces his
site with: "As a dermatologist and a film buff,
I've found a series of skin conditions featured in
movies"
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