Internet resources
The Cochrane Collaboration is a free (in NZ) online resource that brings you rigorous, independent reviews of best research evidence regarding treatment decisions. Now, selections from this service are brought to you via podcast. Read more »
- 13 Apr 2009
Working in the health sector and needing a 'pick me up'? This website is essentially an archive of short video clips featuring health professionals from various background talking about what keeps them interested, engaged and (as per the label on the box) passionate about their work. Read more »
- 22 Aug 2008
Jill Bolte Taylor is a neuroanatomist from the United States, whose perspective on brain function and neuropathology changed after she suffered a stroke. Read more »
- 02 Jul 2008
The 'Stay Up Late Campaign' is a social movement to put a halt to people with learning disabilities having to leave clubs and music gigs early because their staff finish their shifts at 10pm! Read about the movement and its main champions, "Heavy Load", a UK punk band consisting of musicians both with and without intellectual disability. Read more »
- 06 Jun 2008
Got a disease that only you can pronounce? Or perhaps you recently had a patient come to your clinic with a disorder that you secretly had to look up in a textbook to find out what it was? Maybe you are just looking for information and support to provide people with one of the hundreds of less common pathologies? Then this website is for you. Read more »
- 06 Jun 2008
Ben Goldacre's Bad Science column from the Guardian presented as a weblog. An entertaining and sometimes crazy look at the way the media (and others) misrepresent science. Read more »
- 18 Oct 2007
AllNurses is a forum with an active online community of over 243,000 registered members and 500 nursing topics. A section has been allocated to 'rehabilitation nursing'. Directions are given here to access the website and navigate its content. Read more »
Having reviewed over the last year a number of web-based discussion boards that have been either deserted or populated mainly by spam, it’s nice to finally find one or two to write positively about. This one is a forum for discussion of physiotherapy - or "physical therapy" as they call it in the US. Read more »
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international not-for-profit organisation that aims to produce and disseminate up-to-date, accurate information about the effects of healthcare. The Cochrane Collaboration libraries are now free for all New Zealanders to access through the Ministry of Health webiste... if you know where to look. Read more »
- 21 Mar 2007
Carers NZ is an information and advocacy service for all people involve in care-giving roles. The organisation is free to join and provides a regular e-newsletter devoted to caring in New Zealand. The organisation also keeps members updated about news bulletins and publications about care-giving and disability support. Plus the website features summaries of contemporary research and links to other resources of interest. Read more »
Julian Verkaaik
