Webcasts
Notice: Most of the Webcasts require Real Player. The free version of Real Player can be downloaded from: www.real.com.
Acid Reflux surgical procedure: Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication. The procedure is led by Dmitry Oleynikov, MD of the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Advanced Networks for E-Learning—provides free web casts dealing with matters in Higher Education in the Internet Age. Users must register to receive the Web Cast URLs and the Satellite Broadcast. The programs are archived after the live program and are available on the web. Programs are 90 minutes in length.
American Gastroenterological Association.
Streaming video on a variety of health topics, e.g.
- Heart Burn and GERD
- Gastrointestinal Cancers
- Liver Disease
- Intestinal Disease
- Bowel Problems
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) provides two free programs produced in 2005, with the option of completing a CE post test. CE for the programs is available from March 15, 2004 until March 14, 2006. Click on titles below:
- New and Emerging Agents for Managing Insomnia: Considerations for Health-System Pharmacists.
- Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular Disease: Addressing the Metabolic Syndrome in Type 2 Diabetes.
Audio Digest Webcasts. Free Access to bi-weekly Audio-Digest WebCasts. (If you wish to receive 2 hours of CME or CE credit per program, you may take a Post Test for a $16 fee. A passing grade of 80% is required to receive credit.)
Center for Information Technology (CIT)—makes special NIH (National Institutes of Health) events, seminars, and lectures available to viewers. Click here for the schedule of current and future events, plus an archive of past events.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Public Health Training Network.
Check this calendar frequently for updates on Smallpox, SARS, and more…
"Increasing Clinician Preparedness for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)" broadcast on Thursday, May 8, 2003. Describes key strategies for early clinical recognition and management of patients with SARS. Archived version.
“Smallpox: What Every Clinician Should Know” (Updated May 6, 2003)
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/smallpox/training/clinician-know/index.asp
"Preventing the Spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)" broadcast on April 4, 2003. Discusses the latest findings regarding the SARS outbreak and guidance to prevent transmission. Archived version.
Note: No registration is required for this site unless the viewer is seeking credit. A unique identifier can be used vs. social security number. Programs are presently archived for at least a year.
IAMSE (International Association of Medical Science Educators) Webcast Audio Seminar provides a means for exchanging vital information on timely topics relevant to medical science education and medical science educators. Archived programs can be viewed without charge. Check the Archival Index for details and past programs. A sample of recent Fall 2005 topics included: Redesigning a lab environment to better support multidisciplinary, contextual and collaborative learning strategies—Design of Learning Spaces—Integrating the Use of Simulators—Student E-Portfolios for Independent and Group Projects—The Virtual Practicum: “Advanced Multimedia” for Comprehensive Clinical Education. *
InfoFair—an annual event at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center and the Eccles Health Sciences Library. Site includes a list/access to events, and archived programs. http://library.med.utah.edu/or/infofair/infofair.php
Making Copyright Work For Your Library. College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. American Library Association. Broadcast held on September 24, 2004.
Medical Informatics Seminars, in association with Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, are available live each Tuesday at noon. Current and archived programs can be viewed.
NIH VideoCasting (National Institutes of Health) offers a rich array of programs involving clinical and research topics that can be downloaded with Real Networks. A complete schedule of current and future events, plus an archive of past events is available.
OR-live, a site owned by slp3D, Inc subscribing to the HON code principles, offers free a rich trove of webcasts on numerous specialities. See Privacy Statement. While viewing the live webcasts, questions from viewers are answered in real time.
- Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic
- Careers
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- General Thoracic Surgery
- Nephrology
- Neurological/Neurosurgical
- OBGYN
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedics
- Otolaryngology
- Pediatrics
- Plastic Surgery
- Proctology
- Pulmonology
- Radiology
- Urology
- Vascular Surgery
Patient Safety News—FDA Video Webcast Center: U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Features over 400 video webcasts from the past four years on patient safety issues such as: proper medication administration and drug dosing, preventing medication errors, responding to adverse drug events, and patient drug record management.
Prostate Surgery. Harvard University. Massachusetts General Hospital. Douglas Dahl, MD, FACS, urologic surgeon performs a minimally invasive procedure called laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. This broadcast is the first in a series of four. The webcast features audio from within the operating room. Click here for archived broadcast and further information. *
Reverse Herbology: Predicting and Preventing Adverse Herb-Drug Interactions. Steven A. Kliewer, University of TExas Southwestern Medical Center. October 26, 2004. 55 min.
Varicose Veins Laser Surgery. Jason Johanning, M.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha. September 15, 2005.
