Free resources for those responding to Haiti Earthquake
Here are some cool resources for health care professionals planning to volunteer in Haiti.
- If you have an iphone/ipod touch you can install this free app for learning Haitian Creole. You can download additional content based on the British Red Cross Emergency Multilingual Phrasebook which contains 62 common medical questions and statements. The phrases are searchable and the app can play someone speaking the phrases in Kreyòl.
- EBSCO is giving free access to E-book: The Infectious Diseases of Haiti by GIDEON
- Unbound Medicine is giving free access to Relief Central, to provide helpful information for disaster relief on the web or mobile device.
- The National Library of Medicine has activated its Emergency Access Initiative until February 19th. Free access to over 30 medical ebooks and 200 ejournals has been coordinated by the National Library of Medicine.
- The Dana Medical Library has created a directory of Facebook and Twitter sources for substantive health information along with situational awareness news.
- The Association of American Medical Colleges has created a website to provide information to its members about preparing to respond to the Haitian Earthquake and recording members activities in Haiti.
Posted February 1, 2010 Revised February 4, 2010
Haiti Resources at Creighton
Everyone at Creighton is very proud of the teams that have gone to help the Haitians. Here are some links to learn more about their work and about the people of Haiti.
- Creighton University Online Ministries has posted pictures and links to news articles about the Creighton team in Haiti.
- Creighton's Institute for Latin American Concern in the Dominican Republic is accepting donations online to continue their work.
- Ebooks about Haiti from Creighton University Libraries (login required).
- Watch "Unfinished Country: Haiti’s Struggle for Democracy" an hour long video from 2005 about Haiti's government (login required).
- Search for more online videos about Haiti at Films on Demand (login required).
- See the latest articles from Google News below:
Posted January 28, 2010
The Disaster Information Management Resource Center at the National Library of Medicine has compiled links of use to health professionals providing relief in Haiti. They have links to most of the U.S. government web sites for the disaster and consumer health guides that have been translated into Kreyòl, Spanish and French.
Posted January 26, 2010
USMLE Step 2 Practice Exam Now Available Via Exam Master
Exam Master has added the USMLE Step 2 Practice Exam to its online offerings. You can sit for a full exam or take each block individually as your schedule permits. All blocks include post-exam review and detailed explanations. The USMLE Step 2 Practice Exam features: 8 exam blocks of 44 questions each, for a total of 352 questions - Both Test or Study mode - Correct answers and explanation available in study mode - Detailed score reports. Exam blocks cover the following topics: General Principles, Immunologic Disorders, Diseases of the Blood & Blood-forming Organs, Mental Disorders, Diseases of the Nervous System & Special Senses, Cardiovascular Disorders, Diseases of the Respiratory System, Nutritional & Digestive Disorders, Gynecologic Disorders, Renal, Urinary, & Male Reproductive Systems, Disorders of Pregnancy, Childbirth, & the Puerperium, Disorders of the Skin & Subcutaneous Tissues, Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System & Connective Tissue, and Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders.
To access this practice exam, login to Exam Master, go to NEW EXAMS > Click "Courses" > Click "Select" next to the USMLE Step 2 Practice Exam
Posted January 21, 2010
ScienceDirect unavailable Saturday, January 23rd
ScienceDirect will be offline for scheduled maintenance on Saturday, January 23rd from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CDT.
Posted January 19, 2010
Call to action – let the White House know you support public access to public funded research!
Last week, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a Request for Information (RFI) inviting input on “enhancing public access to archived publications resulting from research funded by federal science and technology agencies.”
All are urged to respond to this pivotal opportunity, as individuals and on behalf of institutions and organizations, NO LATER than January 7, 2010. Your input will be critical in helping the administration to form a deep and balanced view of stakeholders’ interest in ensuring public access to publicly funded research.
This RFI will be active for only 30 days, from December 10, 2009 to January 7, 2010. Respondents are invited to comment online through the Public Access Policy blog at http://blog.ostp.gov/category/public-access-policy, where the discussion will center on a single theme for each of three ten-day periods.
December 10 – 20: Implementation
December 21 – 31: Features and technology
January 1 – 7: Management
Email comments will also be accepted, but will still be posted to the blog by the moderator. General comments may also be submitted. See the full Federal Register notice at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-29322.htm for details.
