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"We create comic books on health and social issues for youth. The books we have in stock are listed below. Please note the comics on youth health issues, diabetes prevention, gambling addiction and staying in school have all sold out. There are no immediate plans to reprint. "

google book.... on social sciences and med ed

" We can force medicine to undergo its biggest shakeup in history. This book shows us the stakes-and how to win them."

My iPad book for rural preceptors

A great handbook for test and exam developers.

"This book is the first of its kind to guide final-year medical undergraduates in performing self-assessment in examination-style modified essay questions. It will also be useful for junior residents to evaluate their own knowledge and approaches in internal medicine, as well as senior doctors in providing inspiration and ideas for setting examination questions."

"It's that time of year again. The references are in, the applications are complete, interviews have been accepted, flights are booked and medical students across Canada are preparing themselves for the rigamarole known as CaRMS that will determine where they will be living for the next 2-5 years and what kind of medicine they will be practicing for the rest of their lives."

"There comes a moment when you're forced to step beyond the things you know. It's a split second--an instant adjustment from the safety of recollection to the insecurity of the unknown. Day after day we head into the library, hunching over twice-reviewed notes and hidden behind piles of books yet to be read. We push ourselves to work harder, study longer. We toil knowing that each page holds a secret that might allay suffering or change a life. But at some point, the physiology and pharmacology don't matter. Organ systems and microbiology give way to something different...something more."

"This songbook presents information on biochemical pathways set to well-known songs, providing students with an easy way to remember often complicated information. The songs should also serve as end-of-term review material."

"In keeping with our commitment to inform society on how to best navigate today's unprecedented increase in longevity, we publish timely, relevant, evidence-based research on issues such as healthy aging, ageism, caregiving, financing longevity, politics and health care, and more. Our books and reports are offered for sale at competitive prices. Electronic versions of reports and our trademarked issue briefs can be downloaded for free. "

looks like a good book, but expensive!

Caragh Brosnan, Keele

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Connexions is: a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Anyone may view or contribute:

"Rely on this easy-to-use guide to create over 300 special effects for your clinical simulations and live drills. Simple recipes and over 1,200 full-color illustrations provide step-by-step how-to's using readily available ingredients."

"In this report, the determinants and characteristics of the major CDRs and ADRs are reviewed, as are a variety of de-biasing strategies that may mitigate their influence."

from American College of Physicians