Good doctors remain students all their lives ! An excellent place to brush up on your anatomy , physiology and basic sciences is the Integrated Medical Curriculum which offers the finest collection of medical educational materials online. An excellent collection of teaching materials for the basic sciences is online at The Medical Study Guides Page. The Interactive Medical Student Lounge at http://www.medstudents.net/ has information on practically anything and everything the medical student would like to know ( including information on basic sciences, clinical science, financial aid, residency and physical fitness) – but didn’t know whom to ask ! Webrounds at http://www.wwilkins.com/esources/rounds/ is a well-designed site, which offers clinical quizzes and multiple choice questions – and the chance to win a prize online as well , if you answer correctly ! Applying for a Residency in the USA at http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/8987/matching.html is packed with information about how to go about this arduous process, and is a useful insider’s guide to everything you need to know about ECFMG, USMLE , CSA, ERAS and NRMP. If you don’t need to know, then don’t worry about what the acronyms stand for. If you do need to know, then check out the website ! The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates at http://www.ecfmg.org/ provides more information on the Exchange Visitor Sponsorship Program and International Fellowships in Medical Education.

Jobs and Careers

Looking for a job ? Physicians Employment at http://www.physemp.com/default.htm provides over 2000 job listings – but most of these are in the USA. Hopefully, Indian hospitals will start using the Net to look for doctors to fill vacant slots soon !

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