A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Welcome to the Humanitarian University Consortium web site.  Our goal is to advance new ideas, provide access to quality educational programs with emphasis on free online digital reference materials. This resource continues to be developed in collaboration with scholars from around the world, in an effort to link the college and university system in every UN member country. I hope that you find this resource enlightening and helpful in your academic pursuit. Stephen M. Apatow, President, Director of Research and Development, Humanitarian University Consortium Graduate Studies Center for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Law. If you would like to make a non-tax deductible contribution as a gift, to support advocacy initiatives, click here:

In The News

• Emergency Care Center - Tools for medical self care in a large scale natural disaster, infectious disease or terrorist incident. Humanitarian University Consortium.
  
• Biodefense Threat Analysis Center - Pathobiologics International.
  
• EHPNET: Humanitarian Resource Institute Emerging Infectious Disease Network: Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), an online publication by the Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Volume 112, Number 1, January 2004.

Curriculum Development: Pre-Clinical
Interdisciplinary Foundational Studies

• Morphological Sciences: The Human Body.
• Biological and Physiologic Sciences: Chemistry, Biology of the Cell, Integrated Human Physiology.
• Pharmacology
• Molecular Biology: Genetics, Embryology and Reproduction.
• Microbiology and Immunology: Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Disease.
• Neurosciences: Human Nervous System and Behavior.
• Emerging Infectious Disease: Zoonotic Diseases.
• Clinical Epidemiology: Research, evaluation and application of evidence to improve the accuracy of diagnosis, prognosis and effectiveness of patient management.

MARTINDALE'S: VIRTUAL MEDICAL CENTER
Internet: www.martindalecenter.com/Medical.html

Currently the Medical Center contains over 136,500 Medical Cases & Grand Rounds; 62,600 Teaching Files, 1,325 Courses/Textbooks; 1,785 Tutorials, 470 Journals; 4,440 Databases Atlases & Image Databases, & 1,000's of Movies.

MEDICAL CENTER OVERVIEW

• Virtual Hospital's Complete Curriculum
• Medical Schools Complete Curriculum
• Medical Dictionaries ~ Literature Search ~ Calculators
• Language Dictionaries & Translation
• Patents, Trademark & Copyright
• Chemical & Biochemical Databases
• Periodic Tables & Specialized Science Databases
• Laboratory Diagnostics & Protocols
• Chemical & Biochemical Safety Guidelines & MSDS
• Radiation Calculations
• Travel & Immunization
• Guidelines for Medical Information on the Net
• Human Subjects Guidelines
• Medical & Health Sciences
• Conferences WW
• Doctors/Physicians
• Dentist, Orthodontist, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, etc.
• Clinical Trials ~ CME ~ Hospital Beds Available
• Medical Codes: Laboratory Diagnostics & Tests
• Blood Groups, Chemistry, Banks & Transfusion
• Hospitals World Wide

SPECIALIZED CENTERS & TOPICS WITHIN THE MEDICAL CENTER
 

Anatomy Center Anesthesiology Center Audiology/Ear/Hearing Aviation Medicine Autopsy Bacteriology, Medical Biochemistry Biomechanics Biotechnology Botany Brain & Neuro Center Cardiac Surgery Calculators On-Line Cancer Cardiology Center Chemistry Center Clinical Center Clinical Examinations Clinical Toxicology CT, CAT, MRA, MRI, X-RAY Dental Center Dermatology Diabetes/Nephrology Drugs Eastern Medicine Embryology Emergency Medicine Endocrinology Epidemiology

Evidenced-Based Med Family Medicine Forensics Gastroenterology General Surgery Gynecology Center Heart & Lung Hematology Histology Center Human Subjects Immunology Lab Diagnostics Language Dictionaries Literature/Patents Microbiology Medical History Medical Mycology Medical Resources Medicinal Plants Mental Health Muscles Neurology Nuclear Medicine Nursing Center Nutrition Center Obstetrics Center Ophthalmology Orthopaedics Otolaryngology

Otorhinolaryngology PET, SPECT Parasitology Pathology Center Pediatrics Center Pharmacology Pharmacy Center Physical Therapy Psychiatry Physical Examinations Physiology Psychology Public Health Center Pulmonary Center Primary Care Center Radiology Center Rheumatology Space Medicine Speech Sports Medicine Surgery Center Trauma Toxicology Ultrasound Urology Veterinary Center Virology Center Vision Wound Management

USMLE EXAM PREPARATION

• United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) is a joint program of the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, Inc. (FSMB) and National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME). 
• National Resident Matching Program.
• Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME).

Step I Content Outline

General Principles | Hematopoietic and Lymphoreticular Systems | Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems | Skin and Related Connective Tissue | Musculoskeletal System | Respiratory System | Cardiovascular System | Gastrointestinal System | Renal/Urinary System | Reproductive System | Endocrine System

Step II Content Outline

General Principles | Infectious and Parasitic Diseases | Neoplasms | Immunologic Disorders | Diseases of the Blood and Blood-forming Organs | Mental Disorders | Diseases of the Nervous System and Special Senses | Cardiovascular Disorders | Diseases of the Respiratory System | Nutritional and Digestive Disorders | Gynecologic Disorders | Renal, Urinary, and Male Reproductive Systems | Disorders of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium | Disorders of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissues | Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue | Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders | Congenital Anomalies | Conditions Originating in the Perinatal Period Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-defined Conditions | Injury and Poisoning

• Tutorials and Simulators: Military related medical training resources on the web.

EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Zoonotic Disease

• Zoonotic Disease Online Review: Humanitarian Resource Institute.

• AGAH: Animal Health Service of the Animal Production and Health Division of FAO. 
• Animal Health: Emerging Animal Disease (AHEAD): Federation of American Scientists Policy research, analysis and education project to address global security issues impacted by outbreaks of animal and zoonotic diseases.
• Zoonotic Diseases: Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee  Includes Disease Links Listed by Animal Reservoir and Disease Links Listed by Disease.
• Zoonoses: Fact Sheets by the World Health Organization.