Websites containing quality and reliable health information can provide people interested in dermatology with valuable support and resources. You can follow the updates and news of these sites easily with RSS as described in this video.
If you don't want to learn how to use RSS, PeRSSonalized Pathology, a free, simple, multi-lingual Webicina service that features the latest news of the most relevant social media resources focusing on medical conditions and specialties, is created for you.
This video shows how it works:
You can also insert the term "pathology" into the custom Pubmed feed box, and you will receive the latest peer-reviewed articles focusing on pathology automatically.
We collected the best sites focusing on pathology-related support and information below. Please let us know if you have suggestions.
Description: "The College's mission statement is to promote excellence in the practice of pathology and to be responsible for maintaining standards through training, assessments, examinations and professional development, to the benefit of the public."
Quality: "The Royal College of Pathologists was established in 1962 to co-ordinate this development and maintain the internationally renowned standards and reputation of British pathology. Today the College advises on a vast range of issues relating to pathology."
Description: "To improve the conditions of pathology practice and improve the status of clinical pathologists. To secure clinical pathologists as being equal to other consultants
To encourage and assist medical schools and post-graduate education so that suitably trained doctors could assume charge of hospital laboratories throughout the United Kingdom. To establish where members could exchange views on work, research etc."
Quality: "Despite increasing specialization in pathology with the resultant proliferation of societies, which provide a forum for discussion, there is still a need for a multi-disciplinary organization such as the Association. In the current political climate of rationalisation, harmonisation and market testing, the challenges that face all disciplines of pathology are similar. The proposed multi-skilling of our BMS colleagues and the introduction of modern molecular biology techniques are two forces that are bringing the disciplines back together."
Description: "The College of American Pathologists, the leading organization of board-certified pathologists, serves patients, pathologists, and the public by fostering and advocating excellence in the practice of pathology and laboratory medicine."
Quality: "To advance the science of Pathology and to improve medical laboratory service to patients, to physicians, to hospitals, and to the public through study, education."
Description: "ASCP is the world's largest society of pathologists and laboratory professionals comprising pathologists, doctoral-level laboratory scientists, and a host of laboratory professionals, including pathologists’ assistants, medical laboratory scientists, cytotechnologists, histotechnologists, histologic technicians, phlebotomists, medical laboratory technicians, and numerous laboratory specialists."
Quality: "The mission of the American Society for Clinical Pathology is to provide excellence in education, certification, and advocacy on behalf of patients, pathologists, and laboratory professionals."
Description: "DARK Daily is a concise e-news/management briefing on timely topics in clinical laboratory and anatomic pathology group management. It is a solution to the dilemma facing anyone in the laboratory profession. New developments, new technology, and changing healthcare trends make it imperative to stay informed to be successful."
Quality: "DARK Daily is a quick-to-read, easy-to-understand alert on key developments in laboratory medicine and laboratory management. It has no counterpart in the lab world. Why? Because it is produced and written by the experts at The Dark Report and The Dark Intelligence Group, who know your world, understand your needs, and provide you with concise, processed intelligence on only those topics that are most important to you!"
Description: "MedPage Today is the only service for physicians that provides a clinical perspective on the breaking medical news that their patients are reading. Co-developed by MedPage Today and The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education, each article alerts clinicians to breaking medical news, with summaries and actionable information enabling them to better understand the implications."
Description: "Medscape 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 automatically delivers you the specialty site that best fits your profile. You can also change your Medscape homepage to any of our other specialty and profession sites at any time."
Description: "NewsRx publishes the largest weekly database of current medical news, disease research, and business reports for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, updating our online database with thousands of articles each week."
Quality: "Staff and contract editors for NewsRx must have a bachelor degree in journalism or related field, and a minimum of five years experience writing and editing health/medical content." Its also accredited by HONcode.
Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source. With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet.
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Diigo: If you browse or read a lot on the web, we believe you will find Diigo indispensable. Diigo is two services in one -- it is a research and collaborative research tool on the one hand, and a knowledge-sharing community and social content site on the other.
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Social media tools related to pathology from blogs, slideshows, mobile applications to community sites and image resources.
