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Museum of Health Care: Name That Artefact
In this online game, students are shown a medical artifact from the museum, then given four possible answers to choose from. Points are scored for correct answers and deducted when the player asks for hints.
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Sharp Health Care: Oral Cancer
Clear and basic information describing oral cancer, symptoms, prevention and treatment. Good resource.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Medicine and Health Care
Simulate the spread of germs and explore current issues in the field of medicine such as the placebo effect, contraception and myths and facts about AIDS. Describe how pandemics have changed history, and discover how x-rays and...
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Genetic Testing Health Care Issues
This interview with a health policy expert on the use of and future of genetic testing is from a symposium on DNA at the University of California at San Francisco.
University of Michigan
Kellogg African American Health Care Project: William G. Anderson
Interview with Dr. William Anderson, first president of the Albany Movement. Picture, biographical information and links to 40 other interviews with black medical personnel about their experiences with discrimination.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: The Price We Pay for Health: Us and Canada
This lesson plan focuses on the rising cost of healthcare in the United States. The objective of the lesson is to compare and contrast the health care systems in the United States and Canada.
PBS
Pbs: Frontline: Compare Health Issues in Ecuador and the United States
As a class watch a presentation about the issues facing health care in Ecuador. After viewing, have students discuss the differences between the United States and Ecuador's health care issues such as mortality rates, diseases, and ratio...
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National Council Against Health Fraud
Visit this site and become an informed consumer of healthcare products because "quackery is everywhere."
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Modern World History: Responses to the Industrial Revolution
This section of the text looks at how workers, owners, and the government responded differently to the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution. The Luddites rebelled against industrialization. Robert Owen, a wealthy socialist,...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: Paul Farmer, m.d.
Tells the life story of Paul Farmer, a physician who brought world-class healthcare to people living in poverty in Haiti. His model of health care was followed in other countries. Includes a profile, interview and photo gallery.
Columbia University
Nasa: Sedac: Health and the Environment
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twenty-three data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine health issues and how the environment impacts health in areas around the globe. They look at a...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Jane Chen: A Warm Embrace That Saves Lives
Jane Chen demonstrates how a life-saving invention called the embrace infant warmer, can lower infant mortality rates in countries without advanced health care. [4:47]
The White House
The White House: Issues
Official page from the White House provides information on the Presidential agenda regarding major topics such as Immigration, Civil Rights, Defense, Economy, Education, Health Care, Taxes, and more.
Virtual Museum of Canada
Virtual Museum of Canada: Getting Better
The Virtual Museum of Canada invites you to visit Getting Better hospital, where you can interact with patients, health care workers, even germs! Or visit a dozen specialized rooms of the hospital and see what goes on there, from surgery...
Emory University
Hispanic Patients Face Language Barriers in Emergencies
With the large number of non-English speaking people living in the U.S., language barriers are apparent. Problems with language barriers arise during health care. The article makes you think of the hardships involved. Suggestions are given.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Affordable Care Act
A learning module on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include identifying who was not...
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Lung Cancer: It's Time to Focus on Lung Cancer
LungCancer.org contains great information, from an easy-to-understand guide to the disease to the very latest in treatment options. The site is sponsored by Cancer Care and the Oncology Nursing Society and provides great information...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Spanish 3: Unit 6: La Salud
In this learning module, students learn how to talk about illness, the body, and one's health, and compare health care facilities in Hispanic countries to those in the US. Includes games, exercises, modeled vocalization of words and...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Navigating Medicare's New Drug Benefit
In question and answer format, NPR takes a look at Medicare's new drug program and its effect on senior citizens. Links to numerous other NPR reports on this subject. 1/27/2006
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: History of Medicine
A complete, self-guided lesson on the history of medicine and the advancements in medical technology. An interactive, virtual timeline helps students visualize the historical events. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Information, Please
Investigate the crisis involving high prescription costs and explore health insurance options and the terminology associated with health care. Examine the impact of health care issues on government legislation and use layman's terms to...
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California Academy of Physician Assistants: Homepage
Home page for California Academy of Physician Assistants, one of the largest statewide organizations of Physician Assistants. This site has a great deal of information regarding the P.A. career. Included in this site are a brief history...
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American Academy of Physician Assistants
The home page of the premier professional organization of Physician Assistants. Site includes a bookstore, a search engine to research current health and healthcare issues, and biographical information on the top PA's in the country.
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