Useful Links
American Family Physician (US)
(Journal - some Full-text free)
http://www.aafp.org/afp
Australian Family Physician
(Journal Full-text free)
http://www.racgp.org.au/afp
BetterTesting.org.uk
(Provides information in question/answer style to around 120 clinical scenarios which are frequently seen in general practice and reviews national and international best practice guidance for testing in these scenarios)
http://www.bettertesting.org.uk/default.aspx?id=-1450
BiomedCentral
(Publisher of 206 peer-reviewed open access journals)
http://www.biomedcentral.com/
British Medical Journal (UK)
(Journal - some Full-text free)
http://www.bmj.com
Canadian Medical Association Journal
(Journal - some Full-text free)
http://www.cmaj.ca
Clinical Trials (IFPMA)
http://clinicaltrials.ifpma.org/no_cache/en/myportal/index.htm
Cochrane Library (EBM)
(Free access for Ireland)
http://www.thecochranelibrary.com
Department of Health (UK)
http://www.doh.gov.uk
Department of Health and Children (Ireland)
http://www.dohc.ie
Free Books for Doctors
http://www.fb4d.com
Free Medical Journals
http://freemedicaljournals.com
Global Family Doctor
(can register for free journal alerts)
http://www.globalfamilydoctor.com
Google
(Search engine)
http://www.google.ie
Google Scholar
(Search for scholarly literature)
http://scholar.google.com/
Irish College of General Practitioners
(Members log in for Forum full-text)
http://www.icgp.ie
Irishhealth.com
(Ireland's independent health website)
http://www.irishhealth.com/
Irish Medical Journal
(Journal Full-text free)
http://www.imj.ie
Irish Medicines Board
http://www.imb.ie/
Intute
(UK Biomedical site formerly OMNI)
http://www.intute.ac.uk
Journal of Primary Health Care
(Journal Full-text free - Previously New Zealand Family Physician)http://www.rnzcgp.org.nz/journal-of-primary-health-care
LENUS, the Irish Health Repository
http://www.lenus.ie/
National Electronic Library for Health (UK)
http://www.library.nhs.uk/Default.aspx
National Guideline Clearinghouse (US site)
http://www.guideline.gov/
National Medicines Information Centre Bulletin
http://www.stjames.ie/GPsHealthcareProfessionals/Newsletters/NMICBulletins/
NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence)
http://www.nice.org.uk/
PRODIGY (formerly Clinical Knowledge Summaries
http://www.prodigy.clarity.co.uk/home
PubMed (Medline)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/advanced
PubMed Health
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/
Royal College of General Practitioners
http://www.rcgp.org.uk/
SCHARR
(explanation of EBM sites)
http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN)
http://www.sign.ac.uk
TRIP
(Turning Research into Practice - Free access)
http://www.tripdatabase.com