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According to the website, "the DAVE Project, an acronym for the Digital Atlas of Video Education, is a collection of teaching tools. The project consists of a gastrointestinal endoscopy video atlas and medical lectures and presentations. Physicians are encouraged to submit material, for consideration,as new entries will enrich and expand the atlas." To view and listen to any of the audio podcasts or video vodcasts simply go to the website and choose from the list of topics on the left hand side of the page.

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As part of a pilot initiative, the American Dental Association has produced a number of podcasts on a variety of dental topics. The ADA also has a nice Podcast FAQ page so downloading the latest ADA podcast is as simple as brushing your teeth!

Posted by Alan T. Williams at 2:24 PM | Permalink

Produced by the University of Arizona College of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics Pedcasts was developed "in order to respond to the recent challenges of modern pediatric resident education". Podcasts or "pedcasts" feature topics ranging from interviewing young children and adolescents to dealing with nutrition and separation anxiety.

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The Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts are weekly podcasts looking at the top medical stories of the week for people who want to become informed participants in their own health care. With Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Rick Lange M.D., chief of clinical cardiology at Johns Hopkins.

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Every second week, the College will post a new 30-minute vodcast (video podcast) of a key presentation from its 2006 Annual Meeting on-line. Each vodcast will contain the original audio and presentation slides and can be viewed from a computer or downloaded to a portable media player. To begin downloading audio podcasts and video vodcasts simply go the ACAAI Podcast/Vodcast Library.

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JournalToGo offers journal abstracts from the National Library of Medicine and medical news from Reuters. After registration, users may download free updates to their Palm OS or PC handheld device.

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Mobile MerckMedicus offers downloads of The Merck Manual 17th Ed., the Pocket Guide to Diagnostic Tests, Reuters Medical News, MEDLINE Journal Abstracts, and MerckMedicus and MEDLINE Search capabilities. Users must register.

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