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Novel search engine for medical students and residents

Novel search engine for medical students and residents

UCSF medical students have developed a novel search engine (above) that  is helpful to students and residents interested in searching for a medical topic with results relevant to health care professionals. 

The engine tailors results to the following subjects, making it more relavant to medical students and residents:

  • Anatomy physiology pathology pharmacology endocrinology rheumatology hematology obstetrics gynecology embryology oncology immunology "infectious diseases"
    "behavior science" "musculoskeletal system" "cardiovascular system" "respiratory system" "pulmonary" "gastrointestinal system"   "medical student" medicine Surgery Procedures Imaging x-ray ct scan Exams "usmle step 1" "usmle step 2" "usmle step 2 ck" "usmle step 3" "absite" "clinical rotations" Residency internship
    "family medicine" "plastic surgery" "orthopaedic surgery" "internal medicine" pediatrics "emergency medicine" dermatology cardiology anesthesiology radiology "general surgery" "general surgery residency" psychiatry dermatology neurology ophthalmology urology neurosurgery obgyn Resources "Kaplan Qbank" "Kaplan" usmleworld usmlerx ms1 ms2 ms3 ms4 resident "obgyn rotation" "neurology rotation" "psychiatry rotation" "internal medicine rotation" "pediatrics rotation" "family medicine rotation" "surgery rotation", and more!

When one uses this search engine, one will be searching the following websites:

  • http://emedicine.medscape.com/
  • http://images.google.com/
  • www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed
  • http://www.veoh.com
  • http://www.youtube.com
  • http://www.brianthemountainram.com
  • http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursepages/M1/anatomy/html/home.html
  • http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/GrossAnatomy/GA.html
  • http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
  • http://thinkanatomy.com/
  • http://www.anatomyarcade.com/index.html
  • http://msjensen.cehd.umn.edu/webanatomy
  • http://cim.ucdavis.edu/Eyes/eyesim.htm
  • http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/rad
  • http://www.wikiradiography.com
  • http://www.imaios.com/en/e-Anatomy
  • http://www.visembryo.com/baby/index.html
  • http://www.indiana.edu/~anat550/embryo_main/index.html
  • http://www.med.upenn.edu/meded/public/berp/overview.mov
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/
  • http://www.ucsf.edu
    http://www.dartmouth.edu
    http://www.studentdoctor.net
    http://www.learningradiology.com
    http://info.med.yale.edu/surgery
  • Try the search engine below and let me know what you think about it. If you would like to add a great website or learning module to the engine, please leave the link below.

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Akpene Gbegnon is a life-long student of medicine, with an equal love of writing and sharing her knowledge with the world. She sees her life as sprinkled with multiple lessons which she is happy to share with others. Her interests range from elementary education to medical education. Her...

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