Links
Please find herewithin a collection of useful websites, to be used as sources of information for updating and upgrading personal knowledge level.
In this page please find general websites at European and International level.
Further collections of websites are available (please click on collection title)
Italian Collection; Czech Collection; Lithuanian Collection; German Collection; Health Communities; Podcast Examples.
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Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP)
European Commission Programme created to enable individuals at all stages of their lives to pursue stimulating learning opportunities across Europe.
http://ec.europa.eu/education/programmes/llp/index_en.html
European Commission
Official Website of the European Commission providing access to the information about all the initiatives and policies carried out.
http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm
Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
Official website of the Agency responsible for the management of EU's programmes in the fields of education, culture and audiovisual
http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/index.html
Public Health Programme
The public health programme is based on Article 152 of the Treaty establishing the European Community. The programme is an 'incentive measure designed to protect and improve human health', ‘excluding any harmonisation of the laws and regulations of the Member States’.
http://ec.europa.eu/health/index_en.htm
Food and Drug Administration
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www.fda.gov
Centers fro Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For over 60 years, CDC has been dedicated to protecting health and promoting quality of life through the prevention and control of disease, injury, and disability.
http://www2a.cdc.gov
World Health Organisation
WHO is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
http://www.who.int/
National Guideline Clearinghouse
public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www.guideline.gov/
IUHPE - The International Union for Health Promotion and Education
The International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) is over half a century old and draws its strength from being a unique worldwide, independent and professional association of individuals and organisations committed to improving the health and wellbeing of the people through education, community action and the development of healthy public policy.
http://www.iuhpe.org/
The European MS Platform (ESMP)
The European MS Platform (ESMP) is an European Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) established by the National Multiple Sclerose Societies of european countries for coordinating and promoting international activities at european level. EMSP presently consists of 29 National MS Societies.
www.ms-id.org
European Patients' Forum (EPF)
EPF is the umbrella organisation of pan-European patient organisations active in the field of European public health and health advocacy.
EPF was founded in 2003 to become the collective patients’ voice at EU level, manifesting the solidarity, power and unity of the EU patients’ movement. EPF currently represent 40 patients organisations – which are chronic disease specific patient organisations operating at EU level and national coalitions of patients organisations.
EPF’s vision is high quality, patient-centred, equitable healthcare for all patients throughout the European Union.
www.eu-patient.eu
RIMS – Rehabilitation In Multiple Sclerosis
It is the network of MS Centres in Europe was created in 1991, in Milan, Italy to enhance collaboration by the foremost MS Centres in Europe
www.rims.be
EU-Care Project
This project has as its main aim the creation of a training pathway addressed to personnell working with old people. The main topic which will be addressed will be the application of models of behaviour for the compensation of the loss of the social role of old people.
htttp://www.eu.care-project.koszalin.pl/en/
EMBED Project
Embedding Dyslexia-Responsive Practices in Lifelong Learning is an international project to support the dyslexic individual all over Europe. The project aims to combine the experience, products and findings of a series of projects that have had a greater or lesser impact upon the dyslexic individual.
http://www.embeddyslexia.eu/
Annals of internal medicine
Established in 1927 by the American College of Physicians (ACP), Annals of Internal Medicine is the premier internal medicine journal. Annals of Internal Medicine’s mission is to promote excellence in the clinical practice of internal medicine, to help physicians be well-informed citizens of the medical community and society, and to publish information that helps to advance the health of people worldwide.
http://www.annals.org
British Medical Journal
The BMJ (British Medical Journal) is an international peer reviewed medical journal and a fully “online first” publication. Our publishing model—”continuous publication”— means that all articles appear on bmj.com before being included in an issue of the print journal. The website is updated daily with the BMJ’s latest original research, education, news, and comment articles, as well as podcasts, videos, and blogs.
http://resources.bmj.com
Lancet
The Lancet's prestigious heritage as one of the world's leading medical journals continues to inspire our authors and editors today as they strive for medical excellence in all that they publish.
http://www.thelancet.com
New England Journal of Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine (N. Engl. J. Med. or NEJM) is an English-language peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is the oldest continuously published medical journal in the world, and is the most widely read, cited, and influential general medical periodical in the world.
http://content.nejm.org
Medscape
Medscape from WebMD offers specialists, primary care physicians, and other health professionals the Web's most robust and integrated medical information and educational tools. After a simple, 1-time, free registration, Medscape from WebMD automatically delivers to you a personalized specialty site that best fits your registration profile.
http://www.medscape.com
MDLinx – Family Medicine
MDLinx connects healthcare professionals and patients to tomorrow’s medical research article knowledge and provides the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries with highly targeted interactive marketing, education, content, and research solutions.
http://www.mdlinx.com
PubMed
PubMed comprises more than 19 million citations for biomedical articles from MEDLINE and life science journals. Citations may include links to full-text articles from PubMed Central or publisher web sites.
http://www.pubmed.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov offers up-to-date information for locating federally and privately supported clinical trials for a wide range of diseases and conditions. A clinical trial (also clinical research) is a research study in human volunteers to answer specific health questions. Interventional trials determine whether experimental treatments or new ways of using known therapies are safe and effective under controlled environments. Observational trials address health issues in large groups of people or populations in natural settings.
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov
Further collections of websites are available (please click on collection title)
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