UME/GME Program Resources

Educators are continuously looking to find affordable resources that can be provided to learners. In an effort to help faculty identify online learning resources for residents, the APDIM E-Learning Committee was formed.

In 2014, the APDIM E-Learning Committee transitioned to the AAIM E-Learning Committee. The committee was charged to develop a system to promote pre-existing, outstanding e-learning tools for use in internal medicine clerkships, residencies, or fellowships. The committee defined educational topics, identified multiple sources of e-learning resources regarding a specific topic, reviewed these resources, and published reviews of the most outstanding items. The committee also developed a standard set of quality criteria to use to review each tool.

ACLS Scenarios

ACLS.net 
Score=33.8/45

(This site was free of charge when reviewed by the task force. It now charges a fee.)

Blood Smears

University of Utah School of Medicine's Hematopathology Index
Score=35.6/45

American Society of Hematology's Image Bank
Score=33.6/45

Cardiac Auscultation

Blaufuss Medical Multimedia Laboratories
Score=30.5/40

Dartmouth Medical School's "On Doctoring: Year I Resources"
Score=30/40

University of Washington Department of Medicine's "Advanced Physical Diagnosis"
Score=29/40

The Auscultation Assistant
Score=25.5/40

Chest X-Rays

University of Virginia's "Introduction to Chest Radiology"
Score=35/38

Cultural Competency

US Department of Health and Human Services' "A Physicians Practical Guide to Culturally Competent Care"
Score=38.5/45

Drexel University College of Medicine's "Doc.com"
Score=31.5/45

Electrocardiograms

The Alan E. Lindsay ECG Learning Center in Cyberspace
Score=34.5/40

ECG Wave Maven
Score=34.5/40

Evidence-Based Medicine

Duke University Medical Center Library and Health Sciences Library, UNC-Chapel Hill's "Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine"
Score=33/35

Mechanical Ventilators

Critical Care Medicine Tutorials
Score=38/45

University of Washington School of Medicine's "MED 610: Clinical Respiratory Diseases & Critical Care Medicine"
Score=38/45

Basics of Mechanical Ventilation
Score=26/45

Patient Images (Dermatology)

Dermnet New Zealand
Score=36/45

Dermatology Information System
Score=32/45

Physical Examination (Musculoskeletal)

University of Virginia School of Medicine's "Practice of Medicine I"
Score=39.4/45

University of Florida College of Medicine's "Online Physical Exam Teaching Assistant"
Score=39/45

University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine's "A Practical Guide to Clinical Medicine"
Score=37/45

Pulmonary Function Tests

University of Washington's "MED 683: Pulmonary Medicine Clerkship"
Score=34.5/38

Quality Improvement Curriculum

Health Improvement Skills Center
Score=43/45

American Society of Quality
Score=39/45

Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Score=39/45

(The IHI site was free of charge when reviewed by the task force. It now charges a fee.)