Thursday, November 29, 2007

iLearning

Of course, textbooks are still the standard, authoritative source of information for students. But the internet is fast becoming a source of knowledge for many students, including myself. Currently, the internet is already my main source of information for medical topics, followed by the textbook. Nothing beats the internet in terms of portability, and the ability to instantly search for topics. Using Mac OS X Leopard's Spotlight only makes things easier to search for topics, once I've saved the articles as PDF's into my computer (I'm not bragging here, it's the truth).

2 of my recommended websites for medical knowledge:
eMedicine.com - This is a very good website, intended for medical practitioners. Updated frequently, written by specialists, with input from various journals (see their Bibliographies). Very structured in layout, following the natural way of how we understand diseases & procedures. Very trustworthy. I very much use this website to read about diseases and medical/surgical procedures.
Wikipedia - Not really trustworthy, as it's Wikipedia (for God's sake). But there are some information here which might not be found in more formally design websites like eMedicine. I use this website especially for preclinical information, e.g. anatomy, physiology, and especially pharmacology.

1 comment:

adil zainal said...

as Prof Papa rock aka Dr Zain put it...it is internet misused quoting other sources meant for public or patients...