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Biomedical Sciences Useful Websites
Prehospital Care
| Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies | Includes a search engine and links to full text articles from the current and archived issues. |
| Australian College of Ambulance Professionals | "The leading representative association for professionals engaged in the delivery of pre-hospital emergency medical systems. ACAP provides a national platform for policies and representation to enhance the quality of pre-hospital emergency patient care in Australia." |
| EMS Live | "A resource by paramedics, for paramedics. [Their] main feature is a weekly Podcast EMS radio show that delivers interviews with industry experts, and allows listeners to send in their questions via email or live chat. Each show is conveniently archived, and searchable by keyword and date." |
| The MedicCast | Podcasts for EMTs and paramedics on various topics including neonatal resuscitation, antifreeze poisoning and critical incident stress management. |
Emergency Management
| Emergency management Library | "The EMA library is a national resource which, through its collection and various services, promotes and supports the Australian emergency management community" |
Biotechnology
| ARC Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics | ACB is a multi-nodal, interdisciplinary centre that uniquely brings together genomic and post-genomic bioinformatics, complex systems research and high-throughput experimental phenomics. Site has useful bioinformatics analysis tools in pattern recognition, Sequence Tools and Phylogenetics and others. |
| Biomedical Sciences Blog | "This is a site to promote education and career development in biotechnology and biomedical related fields." |
| NCBI Taxonomy | Allows users to browse GenBank records by names of all organisms that are represented in the genetics databases with at least one nucleotide or protein sequence. |
| RCSB Protein Data Bank | Provides a variety of tools and resources for studying the structures of biological macromolecules and their relationships to sequence, function, and disease. |
| Theresa's Biotech / Biomedical Blog | "Theresa Phillips has a broad background in a number of different areas of biotechnology and biomedical research". Theresa’s blog discusses current affairs in the biotechnology and biomedical areas. |
Complementary & alternative medicine
| Australian Natural Therapists Association | The largest national democratic association of recognised professional' traditional medicine and natural therapy. |
| Health & Wellbeing (ABC Online): Healthy Living - Natural Health | This ABC site features many articles and information about natural health, complementary medicines and herbal remedies. |
Health Services Management
| Australia College Of Health Service Executives | Australia's largest professional body representing health management. ACHSE aims to develop and foster excellence in health service management through education and ongoing professional development for existing and potential health service managers. |
| Australian Health Services Financial Management Association | "Established to provide effective and efficient leadership, support and a resource for those individuals responsible for, or with an interest in financial management within the health service industry." |
| Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association | AHA is the peak body representing the public hospital and healthcare system. |
| Centre for Health Economics | Research topics include coordinated care, health service finance and budgeting, outcome measurements, and economic evaluation of health services. The site includes links to a wide range of web resources on health care systems and administration issues. |
| WHO - Management for health services delivery | World Health Organisation site for health service managers with tools, tips and links to useful resources. |
Professional Associations
| Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists | the major professional society for practicing clinical biochemists in Australia and New Zealand. Site contains the latest news, views and developments in clinical biochemistry |
| Australia and New Zealand Society for Cell and Developmental Biology | seeks to "advance research and education in cell developmental biology through the provision of a dynamic framework for scientific collaboration" |
| Australian Institute of Medical Scientists | "the professional association representing medical scientists in all disciplines of pathology working predominantly in hospital and private medical laboratories in Australia." |
| Australian Natural Therapists Association | the largest national democratic association of 'recognised professional' traditional medicine and natural therapy. |
| Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) | ASBMB is devoted to promoting research, new developments and education in biochemistry and molecular biology. |
| The Australian Society for Microbiology | a not-for-profit organisation, formed in 1959 as a learned society devoted to furthering the science of microbiology. |
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