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HEAL is a digital library of peer reviewed digital learning resources that can be downloaded and used/reproduced in local teaching resources. To download content you will need to register for a free account. Collections include anatomical illustrations from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

With 2012 coming to an end, we have put together a list of innovative medical and healthcare apps - apps that gave us pause and represent the future of mobile medicine. These apps should also inspire developers and other healthcare providers to think outside the box when developing their own medical apps. Of note, most of the apps mentioned in this compilation are free to download.

rivacy conscious photo sharing for healthcare professionals, as featured on Medgadget. Download to view high quality images of medical conditions instantly. Upload and share clinical images with the Figure 1 medical community. Get feedback from other healthcare professionals in your field.

"A few weeks back I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Lawrence Sherman as part of the ReachMD lifelong learning series produced in conjunction with the Alliance for CEhp. The interview is airing all this week on ReachMD (channel 167 on SiriusXM) and the podcast is available for download on ReachMD.com (after registering). The interview touches on a number of topics related to how clinicians form questions in practice, how they structure their learning opportunities, and (of course) the natural learning actions model."

"EndoGoddess is leading the charge in the patient revolution, specifically for those in the world of Diabetes. Download the app and join to be part of the movement! "

"The editors at iMedicalApps have gone through the free medical apps available for the iPad, and we have chosen 10 free medical apps that healthcare professionals can utilize. These apps range from simple drug reference apps to 3D virtual reality medical apps that make use of the iPads accelerometer. Unlike many other so called "top-10″ lists, this list is not based on the most downloaded apps in the medical section of the App Store."

"I've just discovered Instacast, an app that makes it astonishingly easy to subscribe to and follow podcasts on an iPhone or iPad. Subscriptions are entered by touching one button, podcasts can be streamed or downloaded for off-line viewing, show notes can be browsed or followed while listening to or watching a podcast."

"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. "

This site had medical illustrations which you can download and use. The illustrations have been generated by Patrick J Lynch for multimedia teaching projects by the Yale University School of Medicine, Center for Advanced Instructional Media.

MedEd Portal is the AAMC's digital library of peer reviewed e-learning resources. These resources are free to use and made available to teachers under the Creative Commons Licence. To search and download the resources you will need to create an account.

Intute is a free online service providing a database of hand selected Web resources for education and research. These resources can't be downloaded and so embedded in local teaching resources but you can link out to these sites from local resources or refer students to these websites.

eXe is an open source content authoring tool which works on both PCs and Macs. It has been developed in New Zealand and is free to download. It's reasonably straight forward to use and there are some helpful screencasts on the site which give you an overview of how to use the tool.

Download free podcast episodes by Medical Education Journal on iTunes.

Download this "medical decision-making algorithm tool" here. Medical professionals can create visual algorithms to explain processes and collaborate on projects.

Retrieval is the key process for understanding learning and for promoting learning. It is essential for understanding learning because all expressions of knowledge involve retrieval and therefore depend on the retrieval cues that are available in a given context.

A guide for medstudents in doing research on why people frequently use med services

"Those planning medical curricula would be wise to engage their colleagues from philosophy and educational psychology to help elucidate these ideas and to learn how to construct longitudinal mentorship programs. The conceptual basis of these programs need to acknowledge that the boundary between being and doing is porous and that, through a maieutic process, mentors can catalyze and guide personal transformations in learners.