Online Resources for PGPPP placements

www.uptodate.com
AOGP provides paid site access to UpToDate for our PGPPP Practices. UpToDate is an evidence-based synthesized medical information resource. Topic reviews are written, extensively reviewed and updated continually by a team of experts. UpToDate is designed to anticipate and answer clinical questions quickly.

www.users.on.net/~abcb/drabc.html
Our PGPPP team has created this link page to provide links to many helpful websites for PGPPP participants and General Practitioners. We recommend loading it as a favourite onto the desktop.

Free Internet sites that may be useful during GP placements include:

www.cdc.gov/travel
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - travel medicine. www.clinicalsportsmedicine.com - Clinical Sports Medicine - a practical guide to sports medicine, covering all aspects of diagnosis and management of sports-related injuries.

www.cochrane.org.au
The Australasian Cochrane Centre - is one of a number of Cochrane centres established worldwide to co-ordinate the activities of the Cochrane Collaboration.

www.dermnet.org.nz
Dermnet - New Zealand Dermatological Society site with lots of good pictures and simple treatment plans.

www.freemedicaljournals.com
More than 1,450 free medical journals online.

www.gpnotebook.co.uk
GPnotebook - an online encyclopaedia of medicine used in the UK and internationally. Fast resource for use during the consultation.

www.mja.com.au/public/guides/guides.html
Clinical guidelines published by the MJA – representing the consensus opinion of experts based on review of the scientific literature.

www.nevdgp.org.au
North East Valley Division of General Practice - useful site for resources, downloads and links.

www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov
U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH) - free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature.

www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide
Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne Clinical Practice Guidelines - produced by staff of The Departments of General & Emergency Medicine.

www.rhef.com.au
The Rural Health Education Foundation Australia - delivers live interactive television education, where a panel of experts present and discuss a specific health issue in a television studio. The programs are available as a continuing resource via webstreaming on the site.

www.shinesa.org.au
ShineSA (Sexual health information, networking and education) - see the publications section for all contraception and sexual health patient handouts.