Updated 01/09/2012...meb
Professional Organization Links
Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE)
http://www.acteonline.org
National Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA)
http://www.hosa.org
National Consortium on Health Science and Technology Education (NCHSTE)
http://www.nchste.org
President's Student Service Awards
http://www.student-service-awards.org/
Biotechnology Links
Access Challenge
www.accessexcellence.org
Provides information on all aspects of biotechnology, including job descriptions.
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lists any genome sequence that has been done. It is the endorsed international repository for all sequences.
Career Links
America’s Career Info Net
www.acinet.org
Comprehensive career site featuring wages & trends, individual state info, and other career tools & resources.
Monster.com
www.monster.com
Search job postings or post your resume for employers to view. Career center with resume tips and career info.
National Institute of Health
www.nih.gov
Presents employment opportunities, health information, grants & funding opportunities, news, and scientific resources.
Educator Resources
Search Engines
www.dogpile.com *
www.search.com * www.google.com
National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov
Presents employment opportunities, health information, grants & funding opportunities, news, and scientific resources.
NW Regional Education Laboratory
www.nwrel.org/assessment/toolkit98.php
Designed to assist classroom teachers in becoming better assessors of student learning.
General Resources
Annals of Internal Medicine
www.acponline.org
The American College of Physicians offers journals, news & updates, patient care, patient advocacy and college news.
AskERIC
www.eric.ed.gov
Education Resources Information Center offers bibliographic records of education literature, plus a growing collection of full text, a journal list, a non-journal source list and RSS feeds.
British Journal of Sports Medicine
http://bjsm.bmj.com/
Online journal containing articles, links, papers and more.
Food and Drug Administration, Protecting and Promoting Your Health
www.fda.gov
Information on products regulated by the FDA. Including food, nutrition, dietary supplements, over-the-counter drugs, prescriptions, medical devices and much more. Also offers news, press releases, and speeches.
Dr. Greene’s Housecalls
www.drgreene.com
A pediatric site offering daily articles and links to pediatric articles.
Medical Matrix
www.medmatrix.org/index.asp
A free dictionary of ranked, perr-reviewed, annotated, updated clinical medicine resources.
RX List, The Internet Drug Index
www.rxlist.com
Site offers a vast drug index, links to alternative medicine, Drug FAQ’s, slideshows, a dictionary, and quizzes.
Personal Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov
Contains government news, travelers’ health, A-Z health topics, publications, software, data & statistics, training & employment, and visitor survey.
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Very good general health site offering lots of information on diseases and conditions, drug information, and First-Aid.
Medscape
www.medscape.com
Daily medical news with links to medical specialties, professional sites, diseases & conditions, and healthy lifestyles.
Wellness Web
http://www.wellnessweb.com
A social network that is a framework to foster learning about and pursuing wellness at five levels: individual, family, community, worksite and global.
Medical Terminology
Medical Dictionary
www.medterms.com
A very complete medical dictionary that also presents links to featured sites and health news.
