Resource Center: Medical Education Resources
Decency LLC maintains a list of medical education resources below. Scroll below or search the site to find resources to help you learn more about your current or intended healthcare career path or specialty.
The hope is to continue to update and expand this list over time. Last update: April 18, 2024.
Please feel welcome to reach out and report broken links if information has become outdated. If you are interested in historical information, you can try pasting the outdated link into the search engine here at https://web.archive.org/, which may be able to return snapshots of the linked page on different dates in the past.
Note:
This page can be a starting point for understanding what kinds of resources exist in any given topic area.
Although this information is compiled by DLLC, the company does not have a relationship to the cited sources, has not “vetted” the sources, and is not recommending their use.
DLLC is not a law firm, does not take on legal clients, and is not able to provide advice or tailor guidance to any specific case.
The information and opinions on this site do not include legal advice or the advice of a licensed healthcare provider.
Current Sections
Resources by Role
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Legal Profession
Medicine (Non-U.S.: Australia)
Medicine (Non-U.S.: UK)
Medicine (U.S.)
Nursing (Non-U.S.: Australia)
Nursing (U.S.)
Physical Therapy
Research (Medical/Life Science)
Resources by Medical Specialty
Allergy and Immunology
Dermatology
Emergency Medicine
Genetics
Geriatrics
Internal Medicine
Neurology
Oncology
Ophthalmology
Orthopaedics
Primary Care
Psychiatry
Radiology
Resources by Topic
Anatomy and Physiology
Auscultation
Condition-Specific Resources
Consent in Treatment and Research
Correctional Medicine
Data Analysis
Electronic Health Record
Evidence-Based Medicine
First Aid
International Resources
Is This Test/Treatment Necessary?
Legal and Ethical Challenges
Medical Cases
Medical Decision Support Tools
Medical Interpreting
Origins of Healthcare Laws
Patient Safety
Pharmacology
Practice Tests and Questions
Practice Tests and Questions—COMLEX
Practice Tests and Questions—Medical Interpreting
Practice Tests and Questions—USMLE
Rare Diseases
Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Link here to EMS 20/20, a paramedic-hosted podcast focused on reviewing calls run by responders (please note that, at least as of November 10, 2023, this show has an explicit content warning): https://ems-20-20.simplecast.com/
Link here to the MCHD Paramedic Podcast: https://www.mchd-tx.org/about/the-mchd-paramedic-podcast/
Link here to the Inside EMS podcast: https://insideems.podbean.com/
Link here to Heavy Lies the Helmet, a critical care transport podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/heavy-lies-the-helmet/id1248488560
Link here to an Emergency Medical Response (EMR) textbook from redcross.org: https://www.redcross.org/content/dam/redcross/training-services/course-fact-sheets/EMR-Textbook-2017-LoRes-111017.pdf
Legal Profession
Link here to Decency LLC’s compiled resources related to legal and ethical challenges at the health/law intersection: https://www.havesomedecency.org/resources-healthcare-dilemmas-legal
Medicine (Non-U.S.: Australia)
Link here to information about the Australian Medicines Handbook (article published in 1997; not a link to the handbook itself): https://australianprescriber.tg.org.au/articles/the-australian-medicines-handbook.html
Medicine (Non-U.S.: UK)
Link here to a medical database for healthcare professionals (please note, at least as of November 14, 2023, it appears that you may be able to access limited content without registering, but may be required to register and provide credentials for further access): https://gpnotebook.com/
Link here to the Zero To Finals podcast: https://zerotofinals.com/podcast/
Link here to the Clinical Practice Research Datalink, which collects anonymized data from UK GP practices to support public health and clinical studies: https://cprd.com/
Medicine (U.S.)
Link here to videos from Stanford Medicine 25, providing instruction on physical exam techniques: https://www.youtube.com/@StanfordMedicine25/videos
Nursing (Non-U.S.: Australia)
Link here to nursing assessment guidelines from The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne: https://www.rch.org.au/rchcpg/hospital_clinical_guideline_index/Nursing_assessment/
Nursing (U.S.)
Link here to the Straight A Nursing podcast: https://straightanursingstudent.com/podcast-2/
Link here to the Rapid Response RN podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rapid-response-rn/id1535997752
Link here to free nursing pharmacology practice questions from Real Life Pharmacology: https://www.reallifepharmacology.com/free-nursing-pharmacology-practice-questions/
Link here to Introduction to Health Assessment for the Nursing Professional, an open educational resource from Toronto Metropolitan University, for undergraduate nursing students: https://pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca/assessmentnursing/front-matter/introduction/
Link here to RegisteredNursing.org, a site providing “education and employment resources” to “future and current nurses”: https://www.registerednursing.org/about-us/
Physical Therapy
Link here to podcast episodes from the American Physical Therapy Association: https://www.apta.org/apta-and-you/news-publications/podcasts
Research (Medical/Life Science)
Link here to the Australian BioCommons YouTube channel, an Australian resource sharing information about digital life science research, data, and tools: https://www.youtube.com/@AustralianBioCommonsChannel/about
Allergy and Immunology
Link here to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aaaai-podcast-conversations-from-the-world-of-allergy/id1442347040
Dermatology
Link here to a free, self-paced online course on Tropical Dermatology: https://openwho.org/courses/NTDs-Tropical-dermatology
Emergency Medicine
Link here to educational materials from EM Clerkship, LLC (a related podcast is available at https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/em-clerkship-zack-olson-md-and-michael-Bp43Jcg_qtI/): https://www.emclerkship.com/
Link here to the Emergency Medical Minute podcast: https://emergencymedicalminute.com/podcasts/
Link here to the EM Board Bombs podcast: https://www.emboardbombs.com/
Link here for the EMplify Podcast: https://foamed.ebmedicine.net/emplify/
Link here for PEM Currents, a pediatric emergency medicine podcast: https://www.pemcincinnati.com/podcasts/
Link here to the EM Quick Hits podcast, which includes “5 minute case-based segments” and “segment[s] in collaboration with The Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine (CJEM)”: https://emergencymedicinecases.com/podcasts/em-quick/
Genetics
Link here to find genomics webinars from GenomeWebinars: https://www.genomeweb.com/resources/webinars
Link here to the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD), which aggregates data from large-scale sequencing projects: https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/
Link here to the Human Protein Atlas, a database aiming to map all proteins in the human body: https://www.proteinatlas.org/about
Link here to the Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center: https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/
Link here to SFARI Gene to find information on, and a database of, autism-associated genetic variants associated with autism spectrum disorder: https://gene.sfari.org/
Link here to information and resources from the Cancer Genome Atlas, a cancer genomics program: https://www.cancer.gov/ccg/research/genome-sequencing/tcga
Link here for information from Bioplatforms Australia on genome research in Australia: https://bioplatforms.com/research-platforms/genomics/
Geriatrics
Link here to GeriPal, a geriatrics and palliative care podcast: https://geripal.org/
Internal Medicine
Link here for Harrison's PodClass (podcast): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harrisons-podclass-internal-medicine-cases-and-board-prep/id1453765092
Neurology
Link here to an open access graphic related to vascular localization of stroke: https://ne.neurology.org/content/nxe/1/1/e200012.full.pdf
Ophthalmology
Link here to the Experts InSight podcast: https://www.aao.org/education/audio/experts-insight
Orthopaedics
Link here to the Orthobullets podcast: https://www.orthobullets.com/Site/Podcasts/PodcastsList?p=2
Primary Care
Link here to the Medgeeks clinical podcast, “tailored for primary care and internal medicine”: https://community.medgeeks.co/c/clinical-podcast/
Link here to the GPnotebook Podcast (UK): https://gpnotebookpodcast.com/
Link here to the American Family Physician podcast: https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/multimedia/podcast.html
Psychiatry
Link here to Mad in America, “a catalyst for rethinking psychiatric care in the United States (and abroad)”: https://www.madinamerica.com/mission-statement/
Link here to Psychopharmacology and Psychiatry Updates, a podcast for mental health clinicians: https://player.fm/series/psychopharmacology-and-psychiatry-updates
Anatomy and Physiology
Link here to educational resources related to anatomy and physiology: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-ap2/
Condition-Specific Resources
Link here to Decency LLC’s compiled condition-specific resources: https://www.havesomedecency.org/conditionspecific-resources
Consent in Treatment and Research
Link here to Decency LLC’s compiled resources related to consent in treatment and research: https://www.havesomedecency.org/resources-consent-in-treatment-and-research
Correctional Medicine
Link here to a correctional medicine information database from the American College of Correctional Physicians: https://accpmed.org/correctional_medicine_info_da.php
Data Analysis
Link here to a free, self-paced online course focused on “steps and considerations for preparing and reporting disaggregated data” (with Excel): https://openwho.org/courses/inequality-monitoring-disaggregation-excel
Link here to a free, self-paced online course focused on “preparing disaggregated data from household surveys” (with R): https://openwho.org/courses/inequality-monitoring-survey-disaggregation-r
Link here to a free, self-paced online course focused on “preparing disaggregated data from household surveys” (with Stata): https://openwho.org/courses/inequality-monitoring-survey-disaggregation-stata
Electronic Health Record
Link here to information from the American Medical Association on electronic health record (EHR) best practices: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/ama-steps-forward/taming-ehr-playbook
Evidence-Based Medicine
Link here to resources from the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford (UK): https://www.cebm.ox.ac.uk/resources/resource
First Aid
Link here to information about training from redcross.org: https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class?utm_source=RCO&utm_medium=RCO_Navigation_Training_Certification
International Resources
Link here to Decency LLC’s compiled international resources, currently limited to information by country about medical (e.g., historical) archives and codes of ethics: https://www.havesomedecency.org/international-resources
Is This Test/Treatment Necessary?
Link here to by-specialty recommendations and resources from a Canadian project, Choosing Wisely Canada, “meant to spur conversation about what is appropriate and necessary treatment”: https://choosingwiselycanada.org/recommendations/
Legal and Ethical Challenges
Link here to Decency LLC’s compiled resources related to legal, ethical, and other challenges faced by healthcare providers in their roles: https://www.havesomedecency.org/resources-healthcare-dilemmas
Link here to Decency LLC’s compiled state-specific resources related to legal, ethical, and other challenges faced by healthcare providers in their roles: https://www.havesomedecency.org/resources-healthcare-dilemmas-by-state
Medical Cases
Link here to the Clinical Problem Solvers podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-clinical-problem-solvers/id1446215559
Link here to the TWiP (This Week in Parasitism) podcast: https://www.microbe.tv/twip/about/
Link here for Harrison's PodClass (podcast): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/harrisons-podclass-internal-medicine-cases-and-board-prep/id1453765092
Medical Decision Support Tools
Link here to MDCalc, which offers decision support tools such as medical calculators and guidelines: https://www.mdcalc.com/
Link here to UTICalc, to calculate “[p]robability of UTI based on clinical characteristics” for children ages 2-23 months: https://uticalc.pitt.edu/
Medical Interpreting
Link here to a free, self-paced online medical interpreter training module: https://med.umn.edu/dom/education/global-medicine/courses-certificates/online/medical-interpreter-training
Origins of Healthcare Laws
Link here to Decency LLC’s compiled resources related to the origins of healthcare laws: https://www.havesomedecency.org/origins-of-legislation
Patient Safety
Link here to training, education materials, and upcoming events from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (patient safety information is currently available through the agency’s Patient Safety Network, “PSNet”): https://www.ahrq.gov/
Link here for information from the Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine on patient hand-offs: https://www.saem.org/about-saem/academies-interest-groups-affiliates2/cdem/for-students/online-education/m3-curriculum/communication/effective-and-safe-patient-hand-offs
Pharmacology
Link here to the Real Life Pharmacology podcast: https://www.reallifepharmacology.com/podcast-2/
Practice Tests and Questions—COMLEX
Link here to a COMLEX-USA Level 1 practice exam: https://www.nbome.org/assessments/comlex-usa/comlex-usa-level-1/practice-preparation/
Practice Tests and Questions—Medical Interpreting
Link here to a practice test from the National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters: https://www.certifiedmedicalinterpreters.org/getting-prepared
Practice Tests and Questions—USMLE
Link here and here to practice materials for the USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CK, and Step 3 exams: https://www.usmle.org/prepare-your-exam and https://orientation.nbme.org/Launch/USMLE/
Link here to archived Step 2 CK practice questions: https://web.archive.org/web/20180619095239/https://usmle.org/pdfs/step-2-ck/Step2CK_SampleItems.pdf
Rare Diseases
Link here to a NORD database of medical centers that diagnose and treat rare diseases: https://rarediseases.org/rare-disease-centers-of-excellence/