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Resources for Health Care Professionals

Ostomy Skills Training
Surgical Organizations With Patient Education Materials
That meet AMA/ACS standards for informed consent
Professional Health Care Organizations with Patient Education Materials
Clinical Practice Guidelines
Comprehensive databases of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents provided by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and specialty organizations.
National Guideline Clearinghouse
Contains over 800 surgical guidelines developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
American Heart Association
Medical and scientific statements
Cancer Resources
Resources from American College of Surgeons, American Cancer Society, and other professional organizations.
Trauma Resources
PubMed Central
Users can access full text articles of over 200 years of biomedical research

 

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