Links

Resources
Royal Colleges and professional associations
Publications
Health news
Clinical governance
Clinical audit and effectiveness
Informatics sites
Careers in medicine and pathology
Professional standards
Other sites of interest

Resources
Breast Pathology Information
British Academy of Forensic Sciences (BAFS)
MacMillan Cancer Support
Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health
Centre of the Cell
Doctor’s Guide
eGuidelines
Greenfield Medical Library University of Nottingham
Guidelines for UK Blood Transfusion Services
Healthline: Connect to better health
Human Tissue Authority
Infectious Disease Research Network
Internet resources for pathology and laboratory medicine
Lab Tests Online - helping patients to better understand clinical lab tests that are part of the routine care, diagnosis and treatment of conditions and diseases
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Map of Medicine - a web-based visual representation of evidence-based patient care journeys
electronic Medicines Compendium (eMC)
National Metabolic Biochemistry Network (Medbio.net)
Microbiological Diagnostics Assessment Service
NHS Choices - Your Health Your Choices
NHS Connecting for Health
NHS Library
NHS National Laboratory Handbook
NHS Professionals
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Path Lab - pathology video content website
PathMax: links to pathology education
Primary Immunodeficiency Network
SearchMedica - excellent medical search engine
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Pathology
WebPath (University of Utah)
Webicina - online resources

Royal Colleges and professional associations
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
Association of Anatomical Pathology Technologists (UK)
Association for Clinical Biochemistry
Association of Clinical Embryologists
Association of Clinical Genetics
Association of Clinical Pathologists
British Committee for Standards in Haematology
British Medical Association
British Neuropathological Society
British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
British Society for Clinical Cytology
British Society for Haematology
British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
British Society for Human Genetics
British Society for Immunology
British Society for Oral Medicine
British Society of Toxicological Pathologists
British Society of Veterinary Pathology
British Toxicology Society
British Transplantation Society
Cancer Research Campaign
College of American Pathologists
European Board of Pathology/UEMS Section of Pathology
Federation of European Microbial Societies
Forensic Science Society
Group B Strep Support
Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
Hospital Infection Society
Institute of Biomedical Science
Infection Prevention Society
Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
Royal College Paediatrics and Child Health
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Royal College of Anaesthetists
Royal College of General Practitioners
Royal College of Nursing
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Royal College of Ophthalmologists
Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Royal College of Radiologists
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Royal Society of Medicine
Society for Endocrinology
The Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management
World Association of Societies of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Publications
British Medical Journal
Clinical Science
Connecting Healthcare newsletter
Department of Health Publications
Free Medical Journals
Health Service Journal
Journal of Pathology
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
National Center for Biotechnology Information – books
Patient Information Publications
Rila Publications
WHO's Weekly Epidemiological Record

Health news
BBC Health News
Guardian's Health pages
Health News

Clinical governance
Clinical Governance Bulletin, RSM (need to register and login)
Journal of Clinical Governance (1999-2002)

Clinical audit and effectiveness
Bandolier "Evidence based thinking about health care"
Care Quality Commission
Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Clinical Effectiveness Support Unit (Wales)
Clinical Standards Board
Cochrane Collaboration
GMC - Consent document
Health Evidence Bulletins Wales
Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)
NCEPOD
Netting the Evidence
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

Informatics
Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education
Information for Health: an Information Strategy for the Modern NHS 1998-2005
Virtual double-headed microscope telepathology project

Careers in medicine and pathology
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry - Careers
British Medical Journal: Career Focus Section (search using "career focus")
Careers in medicine and pathology
Histopathology Training in the Yorkshire Region
Naturejobs
Careers in Veterinary Pathology

Professional standards
Care Quality Commission
National Clinical Assessment Service
PRODIGY - Practical Support for Clinical Governance

Other sites of interest
Academy of Medical Sciences (merged with Novartis Foundation)
Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME)
Association of British Health-Care Industries
Association of Clinical Cytogeneticists
British Inherited Metabolic Disease Group
Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UK) Ltd
Counselling Directory
Doctors.net.uk
Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths
Haematologists in Training (HIT)
Infectious Diseases Research Network
Intercollegiate Group on Nutrition
Medical Research Council
National Institutes of Health
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Public Health Laboratory Service
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
The Sloane Project - understanding non-invasive breast disease
SHOT - Serious Hazards of Transfusion
SNOMED (Systematized Nomenclature of Human and Veterinary Medicine)
Army or Territorial Army Medical Services
Thyroid UK
Wellcome Trust
World Health Organisation
UKNEQAS (United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Schemes)
Yahoo pathology pages
AstraZeneca
Z Health Publishing

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