Medical/Laboratory Education Sites

Updated: 24 Feb. 2005

Also see 

• Transfusion Medicine CE Resources
• Quality Systems Resources

• Analysing literature , a page of BMJ resources for use in our MLSCI 320 course

• Anatomy

• ASCLS resources

• ASCP resources

• Autopsy , from Leicester University, UK (virtual tour of 8 autopsies)

• Biochemistry tutorials from Curtin University in Australia includes interactive quizzes.

• Biology from the University of Arizona has a wealth of questions and tutorials on biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, immunology, and more. Great site for students!

• Biology at U of O , an online biology course at the University of Oregon.

• Biotech history , a timeline of biotechnology, starting at 1750 BC with Sumerians brewing beer) <;-)

• Blood bank case studies/modules (compiled by me)

• Cells Alive! has great graphics and video clips of all kinds of cells.

• Clinical Cases , a Web resource of case studies. David Davies has developed a database of clinical cases that allows you to submit new cases and edit existing cases online.

• CLS resources from Dr.Lou Caruana, CLS Program, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX. Lots of great links here!

• CSMLS modules from the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science.

• Coag, a Decision Support System for Coagulopathy

• Dictionaries & glossaries from Martindale's Health Science Guide.

• Epidemiology (aka Supercourse) from U of Pittsburgh (> 1000 Powerpoint presentations)

• Exams in pathology & lab medicine with instant feedback 

• Friedlander , the homepage of Ed Friedlander, who has his pathology notes online. I really like his essay on "Preventing F's, a guide for tough teachers."

• Genetics , for educationally valuable genetics resources.

• Hematography^TM case studies by Karen Lofsness, University of Minnesota.

• Hemochromatosis from Mountain Area Health Education Center in NC, USA.

• Histotechnologist "Stains File" , by Bryan D. Llewellyn, Prince George Regional Hospital,Prince George, BC, Canada.

• Internet lesson plans, from Karen M. Kiser, St. Louis Community College, includes plans for how to use the Net to find information on DNA, as well as aerobic gram negative cocci.

• JayDoc HistoWeb , by two medical students at the University of Kansas, provides hundreds of microscopic anatomical images. Well worth a visit.

• Kunkel's Microscopy by Dr. Dennis Kunkel of the Pacific Biomedical Research Center at the University of Hawaii provides a collection of colorized photomicrographic images of insects, plants, cells, and bacteria.

• Learning theories relevant to medical education

• LUMEN, Loyola University Medical Education Network.

• Malaria, from Royal Perth Hospital in Australia has a neat Test & Teach section.

  It's also available in French and Spanish.

• MEO , Medical Education Online, a journal for health science educators (research reports, &  downloadable educational resources)

• Microbiology, from the University of Texas at Houston, offers educational resources on the cell, lab methods and taxonomy.

• Molecular diagnostics from University of Michigan

• Molecular diagnostics series: Applications of Rapid Cycle Real Time PCR (from the AACC)

• Pathology Laboratory for Medical Education (also known as Webpath)

• Phlebotomy.com

• QC planning for healthcare laboratories an AACC-sponsored course on CD by James O. Westgard.

• Renal pathology cases

• Statistics , just for the joy of them. <;-)

• Urinalysis by Richard Dion of Rosemont College in Montreal.

• Ed Uthman has several educational resources online, e.g., "Lab Test Interpretation" and "The Red Cell and Anemia."

• WebPath from the University of Utah - one of the Web's best educational resources.

• World Lecture Hall , which has links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials.