HMC IMC Residents

Orientation

• Welcome & Background
• Learning Goals & Expectations
• Communications: Accessing Schedule & Dictation
• Pharmacy Services
• Nutrition Services
• Working with Interpreters
• Time Saving Tips
• Keeping Track of Patients Between Visits
• Clinic Call Guidelines
• Checklist for Going on Vacation or Leave
• Introduction to EthnoMed
• EthnoMed

UW Residency

• Clinical Resources
• HMC Primary Care Clinics
• UW Housestaff Association
• GIM Pagers, Email
• Medical Residency Program

Curriculum

• Blog: HMC International Med Clinic
• Pre-clinic Conference Schedule
• Pre-Clinic Conference Presentations

• Supplemental Readings
  Notebook with reprints on recurrent topics is shelved in the IMC Provider room

• Musculoskeletal Exam

Clinical Resources

• CDC Parasitic Diseases
• Multimedia Procedure Manual
  Includes arthrocentesis
• National Guideline Clearinghouse
  Complete summaries available for PDAs using Palm OS
• Health Advisories: King Co. Public Health
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
  Search for "screening"

• CDC ACIP
• CDC Adult Immunization: 2009
  MMWR QuickGuide (January 9, 2009 v.57,no.53)

Journals

• New England Journal of Medicine
  -NEJM Global Health Collection-
• JAMA
  -JAMA World Health Collection-
• Annals of Internal Medicine
• Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America June 1997-
  (University of Chicago)
• MMWR

Global Medicine

• Geosentinel
• UW Dept. Global Health
• Global Health (HealthLinks)

• Travax
  Restricted to IMC providers.
• CDC Travelers' Health
• Local immunization sites and travel clinics (Seattle)
  Tiffany Erickson, Jan. 2009. Cost information may be out-of-date.

• DSHS Programs & Services for Refugees (WA)
  July 2007
• Completing INS Forms (EthnoMed)
• INS Education & Resources for Immigrants

Pharmacy

• Micromedex
• UW Medicine Drug Formulary
  Also links to other Washington state health plan formularies
• Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
  URL is changing on Monday, November 16th. (In case of problems, here is the old URL: http://www.naturaldatabase.com) Best evidence on herbals and dietary supplements.
• UW AMC Request to add drug to formulary
  Tiffany Erickson, Jan. 2009.
• IMC patient refill policy flyer
  Tiffany Erickson, Jan. 2009.

Databases

• Google Scholar
• PubMed
• UpToDate