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The number of online resources related to PM&R continues to grow. This page
links to Web sites containing useful and timely information.
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American Academy of Pain Medicine
http://www.painmed.org
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American Academy of Hospice and Palliative
Medicine
http://www.aahpm.org
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American Academy of
Neurology
http://www.aan.com
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American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic
Medicine (AANEM)
http://www.aanem.org
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American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
http://www.abpmr.org
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The ABPMR Foundation
http://www.abpmrfoundation.org
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American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org
Literature on cancer, cancer grant information, and local chapters.
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American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
http://www.acrm.org
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American Geriatrics Society
http://www.americangeriatrics.org
Dedicated to improving the health and well-being of all older adults. The
Society is a not-for-profit association of geriatrics health care
professionals, research scientists, and other concerned individuals dedicated
to improving the health, independence and quality of life of all older people.
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American Heart Association
http://www.americanheart.org
Informative content with extensive graphics.
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American Medical Association
http://www.ama-assn.org
Wealth of medical information including an online version of JAMA and the
AMA's Physician Select.
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AAMC's Academic Medicine Web Site
http://www.aamc.org
Association of American Medical Colleges' site contains detailed material on
medical schools and teaching hospitals.
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Arthritis Foundation
http://www.arthritis.org
The mission of the Arthritis Foundation is to support research to find the
cure for and prevention of arthritis and to improve the quality of life for
those affected by arthritis. The Foundation has more than 150 local offices
nationwide that offer information and community programs and services.
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Association of Academic Physiatrists
http://www.physiatry.org/
Promotes the advancement of teaching and research in physical medicine and
rehabilitation within an academic environment.
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The Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 for Prevention and Treatment of
Musculoskeletal Disorders
http://www.boneandjointdecade.org
The goal for the Bone and Joint Decade is to improve the health-related
quality of life for people with musculoskeletal disorders throughout the
world. This initiative is supported by AAPM&R.
- Health Information Management Society
http://www.himss.org
Medical computing and communications.
- International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
http://www.isprm.org
The ISPRM is the result of the merger and integration of the International
Rehabilitation Medicine Association and the International Federation of
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine.
- National Osteoporosis Foundation
http://www.nof.org
- North American Spine Society
http://www.spine.org
- OsteoArthritis Research Society International (OARSI)
http://www.oarsi.org
Promotes and encourages fundamental and applied research; disseminates the
results of that research through appropriate actions in order to permit a
better knowledge of osteoarthritis and of its treatment.
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CARF
http://www.carf.org
Web site of the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation
Facilities (CARF).
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov
In-depth site containing health information, data, and statistics.
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.gov
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HealthFinder
http://www.healthfinder.gov
A gateway consumer health Web site with access to innumerable publications and
other resources.
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The Joint Commission
http://www.jointcommission.org
Web site of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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MEDLINEplus
MEDLINEplus.gov
Extensive information from the National Institute of Health and other trusted
sources on over 500 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of
hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, health
information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and
nonprescription drugs, current health news, and links to thousands of clinical
trials.
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MedSun (Medical Product Safety Network)
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/medsun
This program is designed to improve our understanding of medical device use so that the FDA, healthcare facilities, clinicians, and manufacturers can better address safety concerns. Over 350 health care facilities, primarily hospitals, participate in the MedSun network. The FDA wants to share what we know about medical device problems beyond the 350 MedSun sites to the broader health professional community. MedSun has a considerable amount of medical device and patient safety information including a monthly newsletter.
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National Center for Health Statistics
http://www.cdc.gov/nchswww/default.htm
The principal health statistics agency of the United States.
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National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/ncmrr/ncmrr.htm
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National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/index.html
Government sponsor of disability research.
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National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov
Represents every significant Library program, from medical history to
biotechnology.
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PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
The U.S. National Library of Medicine's huge online medical database.
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Social Security Disability Handbook
http://www.ssa.gov
Online version of the disability handbook and other social security materials.
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U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov
Detailed information on Medicare, Medicaid, and other HHS programs and services
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Treloar & Heisel
http://www.th-online.net
Treloar & Heisel are professional association insurance administrators,
including Disability Income, Business Overhead Expense, Life Insurance,
Long Term Care, Disability Buy/Sell and Automobile/Homeowners.
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PM&R - The journal of injury, function and
rehabilitation
http://www.pmrjournal.org
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Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
http://www.archives-pmr.org/
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The Case Management Resource Guide
http://www.cmrg.com
An electronic healthcare directory that contains more than 110,000 entries
covering over 40 categories of healthcare services and products.
- Consortium for Spinal Cord Medicine
http://www.pva.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_consort
Established by the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA)
to develop, produce, and disseminate evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for
the spinal cord medicine practice and consumer communities.
- Essential Articles of PM&R
http://www.bcm.edu/pmr/education/?PMID=9837
The PM&R Alliance, Baylor College of Medicine/University of Texas-Houston
compiled this bibliography of 1980-2003 articles.
- Fellowship Database created by AAPM&R
This searchable database of approximately 200 additional training
opportunities is available to residents in physiatry and those considering a
residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Covers more than 15
different subspecialties or training opportunities and includes address and
contact name along with e-mail and Web site addresses when available.
- MedBioWorld
http://www.medbioworld.com
Resource with
links to more than 30 journals related to PM&R.
- Medical Matrix
http://www.medmatrix.org
One of the Internet's largest medical indexing sites.
- New England Journal of Medicine
http://www.nejm.org
Full-text of feature articles; some partial text and abstracts.
- Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man, National Center for Biotechnology
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
Searchable by symptom or disease, this site is a comprehensive source of
on-line material on genetic disorders.
- Rehabilitation Research & Development
http://www.research.va.gov/programs/rrd.cfm
Contains full text search of the Journal of Rehabilitation Research and
Development (JRRD) and the Rehabilitation R&D Progress Reports (PR).
- RehabTrials.org
http://www.rehabtrials.org
RehabTrials.org is dedicated to the promotion and support of clinical
trials in medical rehabilitation research.
- The Traumatic Brain Injury National Data Center
http://www.tbindsc.org/
Coordinated system of neurotrauma and rehabilitation care including
innovative research on all aspects of care for those who sustain traumatic
brain injuries.
- Visible Human Project
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
The National Library of Medicine's complete, anatomically detailed,
three-dimensional representations of the male and female human body.
- World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/en/
Detailed information on infectious disease outbreaks and statistics.
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AAPM&R Practice Guidelines Section
http://www.aapmr.org/hpl/guideline.htm
A listing of practice guidelines with links to online resources.
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AHRQ Guidelines
http://www.ahrq.gov
Clinical practice guidelines from the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research).
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Disaster and Emergency Volunteerism
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Center for International Disaster Information (CIDI)
Disaster Assistance Registration Database
http://www.cidi.org/gen_pub.htm
CIDI provides information and guidance in support of appropriate
international disaster relief.
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Heart to Heart International
http://www.hearttoheart.org/
Heart
to Heart International is a global humanitarian organization that works
to improve health and to respond to the needs of disaster victims
worldwide. They offer a wide range of volunteer opportunities both
domestically and internationally, including short- and long-term
volunteering and service adventures.
Non-disaster Volunteer Opportunities
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International Health Volunteers (IHVO)
http://www.internationalhealthvolunteers.org/
IHVO is an independent, not for profit, humanitarian medical aid
organization whose primary purpose is to establish an accessible
repository of physicians, dentists and other medical experts who have
the requisite skills and interest to assist in domestic and
international short term medical relief projects. By establishing a
database of interested physicians and medical personnel, IHVO aims to
facilitate the most advantageous, efficient, and streamlined placement
of medical personnel with the most appropriate medical outreach program
that need skilled medical teams.
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International Medical Corps (IMC)
http://www.imcworldwide.org/Page.aspx?pid=331
IMC is a global humanitarian nonprofit organization dedicated to saving
lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief
and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and
nurses, IMC is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian
organization.
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Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps (RAM)
Volunteer Corps
http://www.ramusa.org/learn/volunteers.htm
Clinical practice guidelines from the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and
Research).
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Volunteers in Medicine (VIM)
http://www.volunteersinmedicine.org/
VIM's mission is to promote and guide the development of a national network
of free clinics emphasizing the use of retired medical and lay
volunteers to care for the "working uninsured" within a culture of
caring so that everyone in a community has access to health care.
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Web Site Accessibility Information
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Internationally trained physicians who wish to pursue a PM&R residency
in the United States or Canada should find the links below of use in finding
general information about programs, requirements, testing, visas, etc. These
links are intended as a resource and do not answer specific questions
regarding individual PM&R program requirements, or medical school
affiliations. Answers for more specific questions should be directed to either
your school, or the school to which you wish to apply. Click Here
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