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Here are some links to our favorite sites. 

Choosing a residency in Family Medicine
Can I afford to be a family physician?
http://fmignet.aafp.org 
Funding sources:
www.aafp.org/resident/resaward.html 
Residency directory:
www.aafp.org/residencies/360190001.html 
Virtual Family Medicine Interest Group:
(includes how to choose a residency)
http://fmignet.aafp.org/residency.html
Does Family Medicine have fellowships?
http://www.aafp.org/fellowships/
Why is primary care important?  What is the evidence?
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/policy/familymedvalue.html

Exploring Altoona
Altoona Regional site: http://www.altoonaregional.org/resourcecenter/index.htm
Pennsylvania Visitors Network:  www.pavisnet.com/blair
Altoona Online:  www.altoona.net
Altoona.com:  www.Altoona.com
Altoona Area Guide:  altoona.areaguides.net
Allegheny Mountains Conventions and Visitors Bureau: www.amcvb.com
Penn State University - Altoona Campus: www.aa.psu.edu 
Blair County Chamber of Commerce: www.abchamber.com 

Evidence-Based Medicine
National Guideline Clearinghouse: www.guideline.gov
EBM Home page: www.myhq.com/public/a/l/alper
BMJ Clinical Evidence:  www.clinicalevidence.com
Up to Date:  www.uptodate.com

AAFP-approved sources of systematic evidence reviews
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clinical Guidelines and Evidence Reports - http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/
Bandolier - http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/Bandolier/
Clinical Evidence, BMJ Publishing - http://www.clinicalevidence.org
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - http://www.cochrane.org
Database of Abstract of Reviews of Effectiveness - http://agatha.york.ac.uk/darehp.htm
EBM Online/Evidence-Based Medicine - http://www.evidence-basedmedicine.com
Effective Health Care - http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/ehcb.htm
Evidence-Based practice Newsletter - http://www.ebponline.net
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement - http://www.ICSI.org
Medical InfoRetriever - http://www.medicalinforetriever.com
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstfix.htm

Medical searching
Pub Med: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
Glover Memorial Library: www.altoonahospital.org/library/

Family Medicine organizations and resources
AAFP:  www.aafp.org
ABFM:    www.theabfm.org
STFM:    www.stfm.org

Patient education
Dr. Alper's links:  www.myhq.com/public/a/l/alper
Nutrition: www.MyPyramid.gov

Search engines
Google:  www.google.com
Ask Jeeves:  www.ask.com

Smoking cessation resources
PDA Quit plan: http://pda.ahrq.gov/consumer/qscit/qscit.htm

Medical Education resources
EKGs: www.mrcppart1.co.uk/ecgs/ecghome.html
Public Health: www.asksphere.org
FAMDEL Archives: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/famdel.html
Family Medicine Digital Resource Library: www.fmdrl.org
Geriatrics: https://www.highmark.com/health/professionals/gerbinder.html

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