Consumer/patient resources
- HealthInsite
Gold standard Australian consumer health information. - Medline Plus
Gold standard health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine (US). - Health Report (ABC Radio Australia)
Audio and transcripts. Masterminded by the award- winning Dr Norman Swan, medical journalist extraordinaire - Youth Health Talk
Video, audio and transcripts. Introduction by Thom Yorke of Radiohead. Content based on qualitative research (interviews with young patients) from University of Oxford. - Health Talk

- Chronic Pain Australia
3.2 million Australians suffer from chronic pain everyday" (website quote)
Recommended websites
- Rural Health Education Foundation - Nursing programs

Registration for access to RHEF video and podcast resources is free. Gold standard audio-visual resources. - Primary Health Care Research and Information Service

PHC RIS is an Australian primary health care organisation based at Flinders University in South Australia. Highly recommended website. - National Libraries for Health - Specialist Libraries
NHS(UK).Best way to navigate this site: Click on the topic of interest eg: "cancer" and the specialist library will open. Sub topic results divided into: guidance, evidence, reference, education, patient information. Does have latest evidence. - Nursing Times
UK resource. Many useful free resources. Latest clinical articles free for one month after publication. - NH & MRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Australia's peak body for health and medical research, for health advice; and for ethics in health care and in health and medical research" website quote - Intute: Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health
UK web resources for education and research. - Florence Nightingale International Foundation
Podcast Feed
Online tutorials
- Evidence Based Practice Tutorial for Nurses
Excellent tutorial by academics in the Dept of Nursing and Librarians and Web developers from Penn State University, US. Contributors: Nancy Henry, Victoria Schirm, Linda Hatfield, Loanne Snavely, Vicki Brightbill, Jiyeon Ryu.
Government Health Service Portals(Australia)
- CIAP (Clinical Information Access Portal) - Sydney only Sydney based students: For access, contact the health agency library where you are undertaking clinical practice.
- EPOCH (DHHS Tas) - Tasmania only Hobart students: portal in the Clinical Library
Other Tasmanian students: For access, contact the health agency library where you are undertaking clinical practice. - Department of Health and Ageing (Australia)
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