MedEdPORTAL is The Association of American Medical Colleges' website that is filled with free resources regarding medical and dental education. The goal of the website is to offer "peer-reviewed teaching resources such as tutorials, virtual patients, simulation cases, lab guides, videos, podcasts, assessment tools, etc." On the homepage, visitors will find Featured Collections, Partner Collections, and Featured Publications.
At the bottom of each list is a link to "Browse all Collections" and "Browse all Publications". When browsing the publications, visitors can "Browse by Discipline" or by "Hot Topics". The collections are divided up by Collection and Content Area Organization. Both the collections and publications are very well cross- referenced, so despite the vast amount of information available on this site, finding what's needed is not as daunting as one might think. Visitors who are familiar with the rising importance of cultural competence education in the healthcare setting will be interested in the exercise, "The Cultural Self-Awareness Workshop", which is under the Featured Publications heading on the homepage. In the exercises' abstracts visitors can find the intended learner and faculty audience, lessons learned, and educational objectives. You will need to register so they can track who is using their resources, but it is free. (Scout Report 24th April 2009)
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