Scarborough Regional Hospital / Fort Street / Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies
Phone: 868-639-5921   Fax: 868-639-4173
E-mail:  HIRC Email Address

Internet Resources For Healthcare Providers

 

DISEASE OUTBREAK NEWS (World Health Organization)

 

VIRTUAL HEALTH LIBRARY / VHL-TT

Includes links to National healthcare resources for Trinidad & Tobago and the Caribbean Region.

 

HIRC PRIORITY E - JOURNALS COLLECTION
Alphabetical listing of selected, free, electronic journals of interest to all healthcare providers.

 

CURRENT HEALTH ISSUES IN TOBAGO
Links to Internet resources for the 5 major health issues in Tobago


TRHA FULL-TEXT DOCUMENTS
Selected documents to be added in the near future

 

National / Regional / International Healthcare Organisations


Medicinal Herbs/ Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Biomedical Journals, Texts & Reference Resources


RESOURCES FOR THE HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONS


Dentistry

Emergency Care

Health Care Finance & Management

Laboratory Medicine & Radiology

Medicine

Nursing

Nutrition & Dietetics


Pharmacy

Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation

Social Services & Health Education


GENERAL RESOURCES FOR HEALTHCARE INFORMATION

MDConsult
(Password Required): Includes selected full-text medical  books, journals, practice guidelines, drug information, medical updates and continuing medical education, and other related information.

MEDCARIB
Searchable database records for healthcare documents published in or about the English-speaking Caribbean . To access the search box, click on "MEDCARIB" link.
       
PubMed /
MEDLINE
Searchable database records for over 9 million articles in 4,000+ biomedical journals, with some links to full-text journals and other documents on the web. Public version, complete with treatment and medication advice, dictionaries, and other resources: MEDLINEplus

National Library for Health (U.K.)
Provides comprehensive searches and links for information essential for healthcare providers and managers; as well as a complete listing of drugs for the British National Formulary.  Also includes link to  a public version, complete with diagrams and self-help guides.

Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (U.K.)
Sponsored by Oxford University, this website provides support and resources for the development, teaching and promotion of  evidence-based health care. Also provides extensive links to other centres for evidence-based health care (dentistry, nursing, pathology, pharmacotherapy, physiotherapy, social; services, child health etc.) as well as teaching materials, fulltext journals and books.

Cochrane Collaboration
Abstracts of Cochrane reviews; password required for fulltext. Also provides links to respected Internet resources for evidence-based health care.

Medscape
Provides professional educational tools and updates specifically for physicians, nurses and pharmacists. However, the information and links are useful for all healthcare providers.

 

 

HANDOUTS FOR HIRC USER TRAINING PROGRAMME

 

 

Effectively Searching Internet For Healthcare Resources

Use this handout to learn more about evaluating websites, as well as techniques, skills and search engines for effectively locating and using Internet resources. Links are also provided for special segments of the Google Search Engine.

 

Major Internet Resources For Healthcare

Use this handout to facilitate use of some of the most respected healthcare databases and information systems on the Internet. Links are provided to in-depth help menus and tutorials.

 

Introduction To Computers & Internet

Use this handout if you wish to enhance your usage and understanding of the major components of computers and Internet. Links are provided to in-depth tutorials designed for healthcare professionals.

 

 

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