Online Medical Events
 
Last update: September 17, 2001

Online Medical Events attests to the growth of medical professional information on the Web. Online events share at least one of two features: (1) they are time-limited, such as a live or archived (stored) broadcasts; teleconferences or chat room exchanges during specific hour(s); reports and presentations from a specific convention, live or archived; and/or (2) they use cutting edge technology, such as player software that coordinates video or slide presentations with text or audio, and presentions that incorporate content with real time interactivity. The specific Type of Event (medcast, convention report, slide show, online course, etc.) is a descriptive classification with much crossover. For example, an archive of a live medcast may be indistinguishable from a slide show or an archived presentation from a convention or meeting.

Events listed below are divided into:

• Live events which on the Web are sometimes referred to as medcasts (webcasts -- audio and video broadcasts over the Web -- of medical content) and are usually clinically-oriented lectures or presentations. Other live events included here are chat room conferences, and reports from conventions that are live or nearly so. The list is arranged chronologically.
   
  
• Archived events which may be saved/stored live events; for example, the best slide shows (audio lectures with synchronized slides using player software) are usually associated with or archives of live medcasts such as UCLA's Department of Psychiatry webcasts or with convention reporting. Listed first are Web sites with multiple events spanning more than one specialty, followed by events listed by specialty and finally Other Events that don't fit elsewhere and/or are of general interest.

The vast majority of on line events are freely available, although many will require health professionals to register online -- some to enter just the event, others to gain access to the full site. Not surprisingly, many events are sponsored directly or indirectly by pharmaceutical companies. Those that offer CME are required to disclose conflict of interest information. Note that this list necessarily overlaps with Electronic CME so physicians may want to browse both.

(Free) player software that plugs into a browser is required to access webcasts, medcasts, and slide shows. By far the two most popular are RealNetwork's RealPlayer and Microsoft's Media Player. Each accommodates unique files, so it's best to download both. Broadcast.com is a comfortable first stop for those new to the medium, both for its impressive breadth and depth of resources and for its excellent technical section.

Please contact the medical editor with comments and suggestions, or the editor if you'd like your event or site considered for inclusion on Online Medical Events.

• UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute Webcasting Programs
  Tuesdays at 11A.M. PST during academic year
  Presented by: UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute
  Type of Event: live medcast
  Comments: Fall 2001 schedule online, by dates or by program.
  URL: www.mentalhealth.ucla.edu/webcasting/live.html
   
  
• UC Psychiatry Grand Rounds
  Wednesdays at 11:00-12:30 P.M. CST during academic year
  Presented by: University of Chicago Department of Psychiatry
  Type of Event: live medcast
  Comments: Fall 2001 schedule not yet online.
  URL: psychiatry.uchicago.edu/grounds/
   
  

(Free) player software that plugs into a browser is required to access some online resources. By far the two most popular are RealNetwork's RealPlayer and Microsoft's Media Player. Each accommodates unique files, so it's best to download both. Broadcast.com is a comfortable first stop for those new to the medium, both for its impressive breadth and depth of resources and for its excellent technical section.

 
Multiple Specialties
Also see Internal Medicine and Primary Care

• NIH Videocasting
  Presented by: National Institutes of Health
  Type of Event: medcast (live and archive)
  Comments: access to today, upcoming, and past events. Although many medical specialties are addressed, genetics and molecular biology is especially well-addressed.
  Last visited: 9/00
  URL: videocast.nih.gov/default.asp
   
  
• Satellite Broadcasting and Webcasting Directory
  Presented by: Southern Medical Association, VA Learning University (Pharmacists)
  Type of Event: medcast (live and archive)
  Comments: Monthly medcasts on a variety of topics (so far: heart failure, stroke, Alzheimer's) for internists and primary care practitioners. CME available.
  Last visited: 9/00
  URL: www.sma.org/education/satellite_index.htm
   
  
• Frontiers in Biomedicine
  Presented by: George Washington University Medical Center Office of Continuing Education
  Type of Event: medcasts (archives)
  Comments: biweekly series of 34 lectures from 1997 to March 1999. See too the alphabetized list of lectures from this and the Frontiers in Clinical Genetics series. CME available.
  Last visited: 9/00
  URL: http://www.frontiersinbiomedicine.com/
   
  
• Center for Telemedicine
  Presented by: Baylor College of Medicine
  Type of Event: medcasts
  Comments: four cardiology lectures for CME credit, a lecture on medulloblastoma, and a PDF monograph on diabetes. Clever layout gives access to transcripts and other features, such as PubMed searches and (an underutilized) discussion group/forum.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.baylorcme.org
   
  
• Advanced BioTelecommunications and BioInformatics Center Webcast Events
  Presented by: University of South California - Advanced Biotechnical Consortium
  Type of Event: medcasts
  Comments: a handful of eclectic webcasts, mostly informatics but several are clinically oriented. The quality of the RealPlayer audio and video varies widely
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www-abc.usc.edu/webcast/
   
  
• Broadcast.com's health and medicine programs
  Presented by: Broadcast.com
  Type of Event: medcasts, slide shows
  Comments: Check both "seminars" (slide shows) and "shows" (medcasts), for a growing list of online and archived events of varying quality and agendas. Given Broadcast.com's commercial bent, it's not surprising that each webcast begins with a 30 second commercial (which can be fast-forwarded).
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.broadcast.com/healthfitness/professional/
   
  
• Medical Consumer Media's Portfolio
  Presented by: Medical Consumer Media
  Type of Event: medcasts
  Comments: page of links to conferences and distance learning. Live medcasts, some with interactivity, are then archived for at least a year. The majority are audio/slide presentations.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.medcm.com/webcasting/default.htm
   
  
• UNC School of Public Health Distance Learning
  Presented by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health
  Type of Event: webcasts
  Comments: over a dozen video and audio/slide show webcasts related to public health issues in infectious diseases, diabetes, breast cancer, and environmental health. Not all links are active. Grand Rounds promises their Breast Cancer Screening: More Than Just Mammographies will be online in early October.
  Last visited: 9/00
  URL: cdlhc.sph.unc.edu/webcasts/
   
  
• SpecialtyMD.com Webcasts
  Presented by: SpecialtyMD.com
  Type of Event: convention reporting, medcast
  Comments: Indexed archives of sessions from 3 cardiology conferences (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics XI, 5th Annual Complex Coronary Interventions Conference, and the 10th Coronary Interventions Conference) are now available to those who register (free). The home page lists upcoming and non-cardiology webcasts. "SpecialtyMD.com's mission is to become The Internet source for information and procurement of specialty medical devices."
  Last visited: 11/99
  URL: www.specialtymd.com
   
  
• Medical Cybersessions
  Presented by: Conceptis Technologies
  Type of Event: medcasts with interactivity
  Comments: live cybersessions consists of audio presentations with synchronized slides, along with chat access for interactivity. Sessions are then archived for a year -- although I can't find a way to browse its large archives; see the calendar section, or use a non-graphics equivalent but both versions list programs by dates only. Upcoming sessions are sometimes listed on the Conceptis home page linked above. This Montreal company also conducts cybersessions in French.
  Last visited: 9/00
  URL: www.cybersessions.com/index-ef.html
   
  
• Projects in Knowledge Programs
  Presented by: Projects in Knowledge
  Type of Event: medcasts and satellite TV (archives)
  Comments: Three online programs listed among other fare: Influenza in the 21st Century, Combination Hepatitis C Therapy, Prevalence of HCV in Veterans. Pharmaceutical financial support. CME available.
  Last visited: 1/00
  URL: www.projectsinknowledge.com/programs.html
   
  
• Symposia on the Web
  Presented by: Medical Matrix
  Type of Event: slide shows
  Comments: uses RealPlayer to present slide shows on functional stress testing, acute coronary syndrome treatments, chronic renal disease, and myocardial perfusion SPECT.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.medmatrix.org/symposia/default.asp
   
  
• MAC Annual Meeting Highlights
  Presented by: Medical Association Communications
  Type of Event: convention reporting
  Comments: publishes self-described "highlights" from 18 medical association meetings such as the American College of Chest Physicians and Southern Medical Association.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.macmcm.com
   
  
• Medscape Conference Summaries
  Presented by: Medscape
  Type of Event: convention reporting
  Comments: includes two sections: Next Day Summaries, and Conference News Online. Selections from both carry CME credit, and some include audio. Coverage varies from major scientific conventions to less academically rigorous conferences, many sponsored in part by Medscape.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.medscape.com/Home/Topics/multispecialty/directories/dir-MULT.ConfSummaries.html
   
  
• POL Conference Highlights
  Presented by: Physicians' Online
  Type of Event: convention reporting
  Comments: abstracts of presentations, including several major scientific conventions. Access off main page under Professional Development using left navigation bar.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.pol.net
   
  

Administration

• UNC School of Public Health Distance Learning
  Presented by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health
  Type of Event: webcasts, online courses
  Comments: over a dozen video and audio/slide show webcasts related to public health, though not all links are active. Grand Rounds promises their Breast Cancer Screening: More Than Just Mammographies will be online in early October. See too the School's list of online courses.
  Last visited: 10/99
  URL: cdlhc.sph.unc.edu/webcasts/
   
  
• Lawline: Medical
  Presented by: Lawline
  Type of Event: webcasts
  Comments: A handful of archived webcasts on medical malpractice, insurance and HMOs. "Lawline brings legal issues and trends into focus. This show often presents two expert guests who compare and contrast their views, while noted attorney and host Alan J. Schnurman asks questions that make complex topics understandable."
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: http://www.broadcast.com/law/lawline/medical.stm
   
  

Allergy & Immunology

Anesthesia & Pain Control

• Conferences on Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
  Presented by: Continuum Health Partners (NYC's Beth Israel Hospital)
  Type of Event: conference reporting, medcast (archive)
  Comments: Three 1999 conferences listed at present: Third Conference on Pain Management and Chemical Dependency, Second International Conference on Mechanisms and Treatment of Neuropathic Pain, and the upcoming Third International Comprehensive Cancer Care Conference. Using RealPlayer, medcasts include video, audio and automated slides -- nice graphics, but the quality of audio varies.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.conference-cast.com/beth_israel/
   
  
• Adult Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit
  Presented by: Postgraduate Institute for Medicine, The Center for Professional Distance Learning
  Type of Event: medcast (archive)
  Comments: Archive of a 2 hour satellite conference from June 1999. CME available.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: http://webevents.broadcast.com/rsi/adult_sedation/
   
  

Biotechnology

Cardiology

• CTSNet Grand Rounds on the Web
  Presented by: Cardiothoracic Surgery Network
  Type of Event: slide shows
  Comments: "CTSNet is a collaborative effort of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, and The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery to provide a web-based repository of information for surgeons...CTSNet Grand Rounds on the Web consists of digital slide presentations synchronized to an audio lecture. Instructional video and transcripts are available for some of the presentations." Academically oriented, hence the Grand Rounds reference.
  Last visited: 10/99
  URL: www.ctsnet.org/section/grandrounds/
   
  
• Center for Telemedicine
  Presented by: Baylor College of Medicine
  Type of Event: medcasts
  Comments: four cardiology lectures for CME credit. Clever layout gives access to transcripts and other features, such as PubMed searches and (an underutilized) discussion group/forum.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.baylorcme.org
   
  
• Contemporary Arrhythmia Management Teleconference
  Presented by: American College of Cardiology
  Type of Event: medcast (archive)
  Comments: audio presentation of two cases from a June 1999 teleconference. Also check out other online educational presentations from the ACC shows.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: http://www.acc.org/lectures/cam_teleconference/index.html
   
  
• AHA Continuing Medical Education
  Presented by: American Heart Association
  Type of Event: medcast (archive)
  Comments: two presentations: Issues and Controversies in Arrhythmia Management, excerpted from the AHA's 71st Scientific Sessions (1998) and Coronary Artery Disease in Women, the latter a September 1998 satellite broadcast. (The audio and video distortions during the introduction are not characteristic of the full webcast.)
  Last visited: 10/99
  URL: www.americanheart.org/Scientific/CME/women.html
   
  
• Clinical Medicine Webcasts
  Presented by: Prous Science
  Type of Event: medcasts (archived)
  Comments: five medical webcasts from various national and international cardiology meetings, 1998-1999. A sixth medcast is in Italian.
  Last visited: 3/00
  URL: www.prous.com/webcasts/webcasts.html
   
  
• Cardiology Today and Tomorrow
  Presented by: Mayo School of Continuing Education
  Type of Event: medcasts (live and archive)
  Comments: First medcast for this educational program from the faculty of the Mayo Clinic Division of Cardiovascular Diseases. Atherosclerosis: Primary and Secondary Prevention Managing the Vascular Bed was originally broadcast August, 1999. CME available.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.cvtt.org
   
  
• Evidence-based Treatment of Heart Failure: A new paradigm for a new millennium
  Presented by: Southern Medical Association, VA Learning University (Pharmacists)
  Type of Event: medcast (archive)
  Comments: 90 minute medcast from September 1999, first in a monthly series. CME available.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.vip2.com/SMA/WCStart.htm
   
  
• ACC Scientific Sessions
  Presented by: American College of Cardiology
  Type of Event: convention reporting
  Comments: access to online events from 1999, and future Scientific Sessions. In addition to convention reporting and presentation abstracts, there's ACC '99 CME Online.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.acc.org/session/
   
  
• 1999 ACCIS Webevent
  Presented by: American College of Cardiology
  Type of Event: convention reporting
  Comments: archived medcast. ACC Interventional Sessions (ACCIS) was held in conjunction with the 1999 ACC Scientific Session. CME available.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: webevents.broadcast.com/accis99/
   
  
• The Best of AHA 71st Scientific Sessions (1998)
  Presented by: American Heart Association
  Type of Event: convention reporting
  Comments: transcript summaries of seven presentations, each with five to 15 minutes of multimedia using RealPlayer. Promotion site for the Session's audio cassette and video tape. See too Medscape's AHA Sessions Highlights of the same conference, with text summaries and some audio interviews with presenters.
  Last visited: 10/99
  URL: www.rockpointe.com/dem/aha71.html
   
  
• Timely Topics in Medicine
  Presented by: Prous Science
  Type of Event: convention reporting
  Comments: a sampling of cardiology presentations from the 1998 and 1999 AHA Scientific Sessions, 1998 World Congress in Cardiology, and 1998 Congress of the European Society of Cardiology. Digestive Diseases has some material online, and other specialties are planned.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.prous.com/ttm/index.cfm
   
  
• Cardiology Conferences
  Presented by: SpecialtyMD.com
  Type of Event: convention reporting, medcast
  Comments: Indexed archives of sessions from 3 cardiology conferences (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics XI, 5th Annual Complex Coronary Interventions Conference, and the 10th Coronary Interventions Conference) are now available to those who register (free). The home page lists upcoming and non-cardiology webcasts.
  Last visited: 11/99
  URL: www.specialtymd.com
   
  
• HeartWeb's Online Multimedia Presentations
  Presented by: Heartweb online medical journal
  Type of Event: slide show
  Comments: Two presentations: on management of atrial fibrillation, and antithrombolytic therapy. It still downloads the slow, old-fashioned way: by streaming audio and graphics between slides. Site sponsors include Medscape and, like most of these sites, a pharmaceutical company.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.heartweb.org/presentation.htm
   
  

Dermatology

Emergency Medicine

• CAEP Medical Cybersessions
  Presented by: Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
  Type of Event: medcasts (archives)
  Comments: Go to Online Conferences, then use the link at the top of the frame to access Archives. Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians offers the Canadian Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds Cybersessions Series. Scroll down for a list of other medcasts.
  Last visited: 5/00
  URL: http://www.caep.ca/caep/plsql/get?page=index3.html
   
  

Endocrinology & Metabolism

• ADA 59th Scientific Sessions (1999)
  Presented by: American Diabetes Association
  Type of Event: medcasts (archives), convention reporting
  Comments: Text summaries of presentations during this five day convention held last June. Site includes webcasts of four lectures.
  Last visited: 10/99
  URL: http://www.diabetes.org/am99/AnnualMeeting/
   
  
• Acromegaly: Point-Counterpoint
  Presented by: Cedars Sinai Medical Center
  Type of Event: medcast (archived)
  Comments: Four presentations from June 1999, with video alongside manually-controlled slides. CME available.
  Last visited: 10/99
  URL: 38.201.92.35/cedars/index.html
   
  

ENT (Otolaryngology)

Gastrointestinal and Hepatic Disorders

• Frontiers in Viral Hepatitis
  Presented by: American Digestive Health Foundation
  Type of Event: conference reporting, medcast (archives)
  Comments: Three audio/slide presentations on Hep A, B, and C, with panel discussion, from January 1999. Presenters: Emmet Keeffe, MD, Chief of Clinical Gastroenterology and Medical Director of the Liver Transplant Program, Stanford; Eugene Schiff, MD, Chief of Hepatology and Professor of Medicine, U. of Miami; Karen Lindsay, MD, Director of the Hepatitis Research Center and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, USC. CME available.
  Last visited: 00/99
  URL: www.conference-cast.com/fivh/default.htm
   
  
• HepNet Conference Updates
  Presented by: HepNet
  Type of Event: conference reporting, medcast (archives)
  Comments: Symposiums and such from various GI conferences. Also see slide shows for other online medical events.
  Last visited: 3/00
  URL: http://www.hepnet.com/doctors.html#cons
   
  
• Management of Hepatitis B
  Presented by: University of Michigan Office of Continuing Medical Education
  Type of Event: conference reporting, medcast (archives)
  Comments: "This site serves as a companion to the Management of Hepatitis B symposium held Sunday November 8, 1998. Visitors to this site can listen to each of the 5 case studies presented and receive CME..."
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.hepatitisbsymposium.com/default.htm
   
  
• 1999 SAGES Meeting
  Presented by: American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
  Type of Event: conference reporting, slide show
  Comments: audio/slide show of several presentations from SAGE's 1999 Advance Program.
  Last visited: 11/99
  URL: http://www.sages.org/99program/index.html
   
  

Genetics & Molecular Biology

• Frontiers in Biomedicine
  Presented by: George Washington University Medical Center Office of Continuing Education
  Type of Event: medcasts (archives)
  Comments: biweekly series of 34 lecture from 1997 to March 1999. See too the alphabetized list of lectures from this and the Frontiers in Clinical Genetics series. CME available.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: http://www.frontiersinbiomedicine.com/
   
  
• Frontiers in Clinical Genetics
  Presented by: George Washington University Medical Center Office of Continuing Education
  Type of Event: medcasts (live and archives)
  Comments: biweekly series of 20 lectures beginning in April 1999. See too the alphabetized list of lectures from this and the Frontiers in Biomedicine series. CME available.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.frontiersingenetics.com/calendar99/calendar99.htm
   
  
• 1998 Educational Conference on Genetics
  Presented by: FDA, Biotechnology Industry Organization, PhRMA
  Type of Event: medcast
  Comments: presentations by pharmaceutical industry, government, and academic researchers at this November 1998 conference
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: 207.78.88.3/fda/default.htm
   
  
• NIH Videocasting
  Presented by: National Institutes of Health
  Type of Event: medcast (live and archive)
  Comments: access to today, upcoming, and past events. Although many medical specialties are addressed, genetics and molecular biology is especially well-addressed.
  Last visited: 10/99
  URL: videocast.nih.gov/default.asp
   
  

Hematology/Oncology

• Hem-Onc Board Review
  Presented by: George Washington University Medical Center Office of Continuing Education
  Type of Event: online course
  Comments: demo available for this fee-based course. Audio/slide lectures taken from GWU's annual week-long Board Review course.
  Last visited: 7/00
  URL: www.hemoncboardreview.com
   
  
• Ninth Annual Fall Education Conference and Satellite Symposia (1998)
  Presented by: American Society of Clinical Oncology
  Type of Event: conference reporting, medcasts (archives)
  Comments: Three audio presentations, some with slides, on breast and prostate cancer. See ASCO home page to access abstracts from past, present and future conferences, including online information on the November 1999 conference ("Virtual Meeting"), which offers CME as well.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: 207.78.88.3/asco/
   
  
• Professional Continuing Education Program: Breast Cancer
  Presented by: Harris Methodist
  Type of Event: slide show
  Comments: Eight one-hour audio programs with physicians from U.S. academic centers, for oncologists and primary care physicians. Harris Methodist is an HMO located in the southwest US.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.broadcast.com/shows/seminars/harris/harris2.htm
   
  

Infectious Diseases/AIDS

• The 12th World AIDS conference (1998)
  Presented by: Gilead Sciences Pharmaceutical
  Type of Event: convention reporting
  Comments: divided into opening ceremonies and each of the five days of the conference, then subdivided into basic science, clinical science, epidemiology, and social/behavioral. Hundreds of speakers accompanied by their slide presentations are accessible using RealPlayer. Content is excellent, but the audio is less than optimal and the slide graphics are poorly resolved. Available until December 1999. In mid-July 2000, the 13th World AIDS conference will probably provide a similar webcast.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: webcast.aids98.org
   
  
• Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (1997 to present)
  Presented by: Foundation for Retrovirology and Human Health Pharmaceutical
  Type of Event: convention reporting, medcasts (archives)
  Comments: "The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections is a research meeting created to provide a forum for basic and clinical science investigators to present, discuss, and critique developments in the field of human retrovirology and related opportunistic complications. As such, the conference does not include sessions focused on clinical updates or patient management guidelines except in the setting in which they may be relevant to the research being presented. " Use left navigation bar to access the dozens of Session Broadcasts from previous conferences; this year's conference, its seventh, is being held in late January, 2000. In scientific collaboration with NIAID and CDC.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.retroconference.org
   
  
• 1998 Meeting of the Institute of Human Virology
  Presented by: "The IHV was formed as a partnership of the State of Maryland, the City of Baltimore, the University of Maryland System, the University of Maryland Medical System, and Dr. Robert C. Gallo"
  Type of Event: convention reporting, medcast
  Comments: most of the presentations from this 2 day conference available as audio/slide shows
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: 207.78.88.3/ihv/program.htm
   
  
• NMAC Virtual Conferences
  Presented by: National Minority AIDS Council
  Type of Event: conference reporting, medcast (archives)
  Comments: two conferences at present: (1) tribal, Indian, and urban health systems and AIDS; (2) 1998 U.S. Conference on AIDS. Plug in required (free download). CME available
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.nmac.org/virtualconf.htm
   
  

Internal Medicine

• UF/SHC Grand Rounds Online
  Presented by: University of Florida/Shands Health Care
  Type of Event: slide show/audio presentations
  Comments: Fall 1999 Grand Rounds type presentations from UF faculty. CME available.
  Last visited: 1/00
  URL: www.medinfo.ufl.edu/cme/grounds/index.html
   
  
• Satellite Broadcasting and Webcasting Directory
  Presented by: Southern Medical Association, VA Learning University (Pharmacists)
  Type of Event: medcast (live and archive)
  Comments: Monthly medcasts on a variety of topics (so far: heart failure, stroke, Alzheimer's) for internists and primary care practitioners. CME available.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.sma.org/education/satellite_index.htm
   
  
• Internal Medicine Board Review 1999/2000
  Presented by: Johns Hopkins Office of Continuing Education
  Type of Event: online course
  Comments: fee-based course. "Taken right from the Johns Hopkins Internal Board Review Course...Over 70 lectures covering core specialties, preventive care, substance abuse, psychiatric disease and a host of other areas are given by Johns Hopkins School of Medicine teachers and leading faculty." CME available.
  Last visited: 10/99
  URL: www.johnshopkinswebcast.net/br_info.htm
   
  

Medical Ethics

Medical Informatics

• TeleMedicine TeleJournal
  Presented by: Association of TeleHealth Service Providers
  Type of Event: audio recordings with slide shows
  Comments: seven audio medcasts with accompanying slides on a separate screen. From their Web page: "Since early 1996, these monthly teleconferences have been a wonderful asset to anyone interested in the field of telehealth. Presenters are volunteers from a variety of organizations who share their experiences in this new field. A formal presentation is followed by a question-and-answer period, during which listeners may ask questions of the speakers." The distance listeners referred to in the live conferences are on the phone, not online. .
  Last visited: 10/00
  URL: http://www.atsp.org/telejournal/homepage.asp
   
  
• 1998 AMIA Spring Congress
  Presented by: American Medical Informatics Association
  Type of Event: convention reporting
  Comments: slides for eight presentations. AMIA's home page links to a text summary of the 1999 AMIA Spring Congress.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: http://www.amia.org/meetings/s98/s98ppt.htm
   
  
• 1998 ATA/DOD Annual Telemedicine Conference
  Presented by: American Telemedicine Association, Department of Defense Telemedicine
  Type of Event: convention reporting, medcasts (archive)
  Comments: archived webcasts from April 1998's four day conference, subtitled "Telemedicine: Charting the Future: Forging New Alliances." The 1999 ATA Annual Meeting has text abstracts only.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: http://events.broadcast.com/events/ata/conference98/
   
  
• Health Informatics Lecture Series
  Presented by: University of Texas at Houston, Dept. of Health Informatics, Baylor College of Medicine, Information Technology Program
  Type of Event: medcasts (archive)
  Comments: scroll halfway down the home page for a link to July 1999's archived medcast: Methods for Computer-Aided Design and Execution of Clinical Protocols, by Mark Musen, MD, PhD, Head of Stanford Medical Informatics. Rest of series includes a half-dozen presentations on clinical informatics. Easily downloaded using RealAudio for the lecture and Powerpoint for the slides.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: http://www.uth.tmc.edu/schools/sahs/events.htm
   
  
• Advanced BioTelecommunications and BioInformatics Center Webcast Events
  Presented by: University of South California - Advanced Biotechnical Consortium
  Type of Event: medcasts
  Comments: a handful of eclectic webcasts, mostly informatics but several are clinically oriented. The quality of the RealPlayer audio and video varies widely
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www-abc.usc.edu/webcast/
   
  
• Stanford University Medical Informatics Via Internet
  Presented by: Stanford Medical Informatics, Stanford Center for Professional Development
  Type of Event: online course
  Comments: demo lectures. Course requires registration and payment.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: scpd.stanford.edu/pd/online.html
   
  
• OHSU Medical Informatics Distance Learning
  Presented by: Oregon Health Sciences University
  Type of Event: online courses
  Comments: two online courses offered quarterly: Introduction to Medical Informatics, and Information Retrieval and Digital Libraries. Demo available. "The purpose of a distance learning program in medical informatics is to provide an educational experience for individuals who seek to enhance their knowledge at the intersection of health care and information technology (IT)."
  Last visited: 11/99
  URL: http://www.ohsu.edu/bicc-informatics/distance/
   
  
• 1999 Physicians on the Internet Conference
  Presented by: Healtheon, Broadcast.com, AT&T, Intel, IBM
  Type of Event: convention reporting, medcasts (archive)
  Comments: 28 archived webcasts from the impressively corporate-laden May 1999 conference.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: http://webevents.broadcast.com/healtheon/physicians99/agenda.html
   
  
• Towards an Electronic Patient Record (TEPR) '99 Webcast
  Presented by: Medical Records Institute
  Type of Event: conference reporting, medcast
  Comments: three presentations with a business slant to informatics
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.tepr.com/webcast/index.html
   
  

Nephrology & pH/Electrolyte Disorders

Neurology & Psychiatry

• UCLA Department of Psychiatry webcasts
  Presented by: Neuropsychiatric Institute
  Type of Event: medcasts (live and archive)
  Comments: a content-laden, easy to use resource. See 1999-2000 NPI Grand Rounds schedule with direct links to archived presentations. There's also an impressive catalog of 1998-99 Webcast Series: NPI Grand Rounds, Joint Seminars in Neuroscience, Neurobiology of Behavior. Older NPI Grand Rounds series and other events available as well. Using Media Player, the quality of audio is excellent, and the video is as good as present technology allows.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: mentalhealth.ucla.edu/webcasting/
   
  
• Psychiatry Grand Rounds
  Presented by: University of Chicago Department of Psychiatry
  Type of Event: live and archived medcasts with interactivity
  Comments: another solid academic resource, with technology for online discussions. Full 1999-2000 schedule online.
  Last visited: 11/99
  URL: http://psychiatry.uchicago.edu/grounds/
   
  
• UNMC Grand Rounds in Psychiatry
  Presented by: University of Nebraska Medical Center
  Type of Event: archived medcasts (most video, some audio)
  Comments: Eight grand rounds from Winter-Spring 2000
  Last visited: 9/00
  URL: www.unmc.edu/psychiatry/virtualgr.htm
   
  
• ARF Virtual Conferences
  Presented by: Alzheimer Research Forum
  Type of Event: audio +/- slide shows of conference presentations
  Comments: Research-oriented organization with two presentations from basic science conferences. I don't know why I was unable to access presentations. Last updated May 1999.
  Last visited: 1/00
  URL: www.alzforum.org/members/forums/conferences/index.html
   
  
• Drug Addiction Treatment: New Research Findings
  Presented by: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
  Type of Event: slide/audio presentation
  Comments: Based on April 1999 conference in eight parts: Overview of Addiction Treatment, Contingency Management, Cognitive Behavioral Management, Treatment Outcome Research, Biology of Reward Mechanism, Brain Imaging and Substance Abuse Research, Anti-Cocaine Catalytic Antibodies, and Pharmaceutical Treatments. CME available
  Last visited: 9/00
  URL: cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/video/Welcome.html
   
  
• The Science of Brain Disease: An NIH Symposium
  Presented by: Alliance for Aging Research, National Institutes of Health
  Type of Event: conference reporting, slide shows
  Comments: a dozen neuroscience/research presentations from March 1998.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.agingresearch.org/Resources/symp_frame.htm
   
  
• MIRECC Mental Illness Streaming Video Test Web Page
  Presented by: Mental Illness Research Educational and Clinical Center (Stanford/VA)
  Type of Event: archived medcasts, Powerpoint presentations (some with audio)
  Comments: Top of page links to five RealPlayer Powerpoint presentations on suicide and treatment of psychosis. Scroll down page for links to lectures on dementia, PTSD, and various psychotic and affective disorders.
  Last visited: 9/00
  URL: mirecc.stanford.edu/
   
  
• UP Dept of Psychiatry Conferences on the Web
  Presented by: University of Pittsburgh
  Type of Event: slide shows, some with audio
  Comments: The first two of the four listed conferences -- on latelife depression and dementia (1999) and obsessive-compulsive disorder in children (1997) -- has online multimedia presentations.
  Last visited: 9/00
  URL:
   
  

Obstetrics & Gynecology

• Video and Audio Tapes
  Presented by: OBGYN.net
  Type of Event: medcast
  Comments: scores of presentations on procedures and other practical instruction, interviews, and other video lectures. A number of commercial presentations are freely available as video tapes.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.obgyn.net/free-videos.htm
   
  

Ophthalmology

Orthopedics

Pathology

• Advancing Pathology Informatics, Imaging, and the Internet '99
  Presented by: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences, Department of Pathology, Division of Pathology Informatics, and UPMC Health System Information Services Division
  Type of Event: medcasts
  Comments: Dozens of slide show and webcast presentations from this October 1999 conference. Page also links to prior APIII conferences.
  Last visited: 11/99
  URL: http://apiii.upmc.edu/r-media.htm
   
  
• CAP Online Education
  Presented by: College of American Pathologists
  Type of Event: slide shows
  Comments: Presentations from 1998 and 1999 biannual ASCP/CAP meetings, and on collecting input for LMIP.
  Last visited: 1/00
  URL: www.cap.org/html/member/education.html#online
   
  

Pediatrics

• UNMC Pediatric Grand Rounds
  Presented by: University of Nebraska Medical Center
  Type of Event: medcast (archives)
  Comments: Weekly Grand Rounds-type video lectures with CME available. Access to the dozens of presentations is easiest off the Archived Pediatrics Ground Rounds section; note that listing is in reverse chronological order.
  Last visited: 2/00
  URL: www.unmc.edu/Pediatrics/GrandRounds/
   
  
• Weekly Chat
  Presented by: PedsChat
  Type of Event: live and archived chat
  Comments: Chat room with weekly leaders and specific topics for discussion every Tuesday at 9 P.M. Eastern time. See the logs of previous chat for transcripts and accompanying slides.
  Last visited: 11/99
  URL: http://www.pedschat.org/meet99.htm
   
  

Primary Care & Family Medicine

• UNC Public Health Grand Rounds
  Presented by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  Type of Event: medcasts (live and archived)
  Comments: Past, live and future medcasts presented on a straightforward site.
  Last visited: 1/00
  URL: www.publichealthgrandrounds.unc.edu/
   
  
• Satellite Broadcasting and Webcasting Directory
  Presented by: Southern Medical Association, VA Learning University (Pharmacists)
  Type of Event: medcast (live and archive)
  Comments: Monthly medcasts on a variety of topics (so far: heart failure, stroke, Alzheimer's) for internists and primary care practitioners. CME available.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.sma.org/education/satellite_index.htm
   
  
• 1999 AAFP Scientific Assembly
  Presented by: American Academy of Family Practitioners
  Type of Event: convention reporting
  Comments: daily news text summary from the Fall 1999 meeting. Similar news also available for Fall 1998 AAFP Scientific Assembly.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.aafp.org/assembly/1999/fpr/index.html
   
  
• Core Curriculum in Primary Care
  Presented by: SilverPlatter
  Type of Event: slide shows
  Comments: 72 audio/slide shows in 15 subspecialties. Streaming audio takes place before each slide, which is manually controlled. CME available.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.helix.com/helix/audio/silverplatter/silverplatter_toc.htm
   
  
• Primary Care Medical Education
  Presented by: Primary Care Medical Education
  Type of Event: slide shows
  Comments: Three practically-oriented audio/slide show presentations on asthma and migraines. CME available.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.pcmeded.com/default.htm
   
  
• Medical Education: Distance Learning
  Presented by: Annenberg Center for Health Sciences
  Type of Event: medcast
  Comments: starting November 1999, Web access to three one-hour videotape lectures in: Outsmarting Stroke, Recognizing IBS as a Syndrome, and Type 2 Diabetes. CME available.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: http://www.annenberg2.org/TENs/
   
  
• Professional Continuing Education Program: Breast Cancer
  Presented by: Harris Methodist
  Type of Event: slide show
  Comments: Eight one hour audio program with physicians from U.S. academic centers, for oncologists and primary care physicians. Harris Methodist is an HMO located in the southwest US. Free registration required.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: http://www.broadcast.com/shows/seminars/harris/harris2.htm
   
  
• Drug Addiction Treatment: New Research Findings
  Presented by: Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
  Type of Event: slide/audio presentation
  Comments: Based on April 1999 conference in eight parts: Overview of Addiction Treatment, Contingency Management, Cognitive Behavioral Management, Treatment Outcome Research, Biology of Reward Mechanism, Brain Imaging and Substance Abuse Research, Anti-Cocaine Catalytic Antibodies, and Pharmaceutical Treatments. CME available
  Last visited: 9/00
  URL: cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/video/Welcome.html
   
  

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

• Adult Sedation in the Intensive Care Unit
  Presented by: Postgraduate Institute for Medicine, The Center for Professional Distance Learning
  Type of Event: medcast (archive)
  Comments: Archive of a 2 hour satellite conference from June 1999. CME available.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: http://webevents.broadcast.com/rsi/adult_sedation/
   
  
• Virtual World Conference: CHEST 1977
  Presented by: American College of Chest Physicians
  Type of Event: conference presentations slide shows
  Comments: Access to
  Last visited: 1/00
  URL: www.chestnet.org/education/vwc/vwcad.html
   
  

Radiology

• 1988 RSNA Webcast
  Presented by: Diagnostic Imaging Magazine, Eastman Kodak
  Type of Event: medcast (archive)
  Comments: Articles and graphics from the week-long conference.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.dimag.com/webcast/main.htm
   
  

Rheumatology

Surgery

• 84th ACS Clinical Congress (1998)
  Presented by: American College of Surgery
  Type of Event: convention reporting
  Comments: summaries and press releases of major presentations. Some information for the upcoming 85th Clinical Congress (October 1999) as well.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.facs.org/clincon98/press_kit/pkindex98.html
   
  

Therapeutics & Pharmacology

• Satellite Broadcasting and Webcasting Directory
  Presented by: Southern Medical Association, VA Learning University (Pharmacists)
  Type of Event: medcast (live and archive)
  Comments: Monthly medcasts on a variety of topics (so far: heart failure, stroke, Alzheimer's) for internists and primary care practitioners. CME available.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.sma.org/education/satellite_index.htm
   
  

Urology

Other

• Holiday Lectures on the Sciences
  Presented by: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  Type of Event: conference reporting, webcast
  Comments: several lectures each December by leading scholars and researchers for pre-med and medical students. 1999 (upcoming): Infectious Diseases; 1998: Human Genetics; 1997: Neurobiology; 1996: Immunology; 1995: RNA.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.hhmi.org/grants/lectures/webcast
   
  
• Milestones in Medical History
  Presented by: Audio-Digest Foundation
  Type of Event: audio
  Comments: The California Medical Association promotes its Audio-Digest Foundation cassettes online. Click on the "Milestone in Medical History" link on top of the home page to access six half-hour audio (not live or webcast) recordings from their Milestones of Medicine series: Sir Alexander Fleming on, "The Discovery and Development of Penicillin" (1955); Christiaan Bernard on, "Was Human Heart Transplant Premature?" (1968); Virginia Apgar on, "Reflections of a Newborn Scoring System" (1966); Jonas Salk on, "Efficacy of the Salk Poliovirus Vaccine" (1955); Albert Sabin on, "The Eradication of Poliovirus" (1962); and Benjamin Spock on, "Memories of Doctor Mom" (1974).
  Last visited: 1/00
  URL: www.audio-digest.org/
   
  
• COMDEX Fall '99
  Presented by: ZD Events, Inc.
  Type of Event: live and archive webcasts
  Comments: many top industry keynote speakers and interviews have been archived from this 4 day conference. Self-described (accurately) as the "world's largest and most influential information technology event for resellers, corporate decision makers and industry influencers." See COMDEX page for information on other related conferences.
  Last visited: 11/99
  URL: http://daily.zdevents.com/comdex/fall99/webcast/
   
  
• National Press Club Luncheon Speaker Series
  Presented by: ConnectLive Communications
  Type of Event: lecture series
  Comments: from May 1999 to present, with highlights of upcoming speakers. Not a live webcast, the day's speech is online by 6pm.
  Last visited: 10/99
  URL: www.connectlive.com/
   
  
• UCLA Webcasts
  Presented by: UCLA Office of Instructional Development
  Type of Event: webcasts (live and archived)
  Comments: "...provides live webcasts of important and interesting campus events, archives them, and makes them available for on-demand viewing." Includes some science, health administration, and computing presentations.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.oid.ucla.edu/Webcast/index.html
   
  
• Free Seminars from SCPD
  Presented by: Stanford Center for Professional Development
  Type of Event: webcasts (live and archive)
  Comments: "Stanford Online has made available to the general public guest seminars from industry leaders...archived and upcoming live [webcasts]." Visit this page for presentations, most of which involve computing/informatics. Stanford Online is a part of SCPD
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: http://stanford-online.stanford.edu/seminar/index.html
   
  
• Stanford Online's Advanced Computer Courses
  Presented by: Western Institute of Computer Sciences
  Type of Event: online courses
  Comments: Five fee-based courses, none healthcare related, mostly on the Web and the Internet.
  Last visited: 10/99
  URL: http://stanford-online.stanford.edu/wics/
   
  
• Health Television
  Presented by: Kaleidoscope Interactive
  Type of Event: webcasts (live)
  Comments: Kaleidoscope has the traditional newsletter, chat rooms and health news, but it's the live webcasts on Health Television that distinguishes it (for now at least) from the masses of similarly noisy patient-oriented Web sites. Click "television" then browse its schedule to identify the few interesting tidbits among the more typical fare, such as a daily program teaching American Sign Language, and a weekly program on arts as they relate to the disabled community, Very Special Arts, hosted by Ted Kennedy and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: www.ktv-i.com
   
  
• Webcastlinks Webcasts
  Presented by: Webcastlinks
  Type of Event: webcasts (live)
  Comments: has no unique medical programming, but does provide live 24-hour, seven-day access to NASA TV and Bloomberg financial and world news television, two webcasts of interest to many healthcare professionals. Links to dozens and dozens of other webcast sites, especially valuable for those who enjoy music of all types, and sports.
  Last visited: 9/99
  URL: webcastlinks.com/live.htm
   
  

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