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Radiology Websites

Radiology - Medscape.com
Medscape is the leading online global destination for physicians and healthcare professionals worldwide, offering the latest medical news and expert perspectives; essential point-of-care drug and disease information; and relevant professional education and CME.
Radiopaedia
Radiopaedia is a rapidly growing open-edit educational radiology resource that has been primarily compiled by radiologists and radiology trainees from across the world.
Radiation Emergency Medical Management
Produced by the US Department of Health and Human Services, REMM provides guidance for health care providers, primarily physicians, about clinical diagnosis and treatment of radiation injury during radiological and nuclear emergencies.
Merck Manual Online
This is an online version of the comprehensive medical reference text. Browse or search for various medical topics. There are variety of resources, including the medical topic overviews, videos, images, news, case studies, quizzes, and more.

Professional Organizations

American College of Radiology
Members of the American College of Radiology include radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists, interventional radiologists, nuclear medicine physicians and allied health professionals.
American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
The world’s largest credentialing organization in medical imaging, interventional procedures, and radiation therapy.
American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
The premier professional association of people working in medical imaging and radiation therapy.
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
RSNA provides high-quality educational resources, including continuing education credits toward physicians’ certification maintenance, host the world’s largest radiology conference and publish five top peer-reviewed journals.
Ohio Society of Radiologic Technologists (OSRT)
The Ohio Society of Radiologic Technologists (OSRT) represents medical imaging personnel throughout Ohio, advocates for disciplines within the practice and promotes quality patient care.
International Society of Radiographers and Radiological Technologists (ISRRT)
ISRRT is the only organization representing all disciplines of Medical Radiation Technologists internationally, and encourages the exchange of information between individuals, to help members keep abreast of advancing technology.

Culture Websites

MedlinePlus This link opens in a new window
A consumer health resource with over 800 diseases & conditions. The site is mirrored in Spanish and also contains drug & supplement information, a medical dictionary, and media tools such as images and videos.

The World Factbook
The World Factbook provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.
Culture, Language and Health Literacy
Cultural resources from the Health Resources and Services Association.
Healthy Living - CDC
CDC print publication "Guide to Healthy Living"
National Center for Cultural Competence
Click on the A-Z list at the top of the page for a list of all resources or click Search to type in a search term.

News Sources

Local news sources are great places to find hot topics and current events in your community.

Search national news sources to view articles on topics and trends that are affecting the United States and the world.

Evaluating Websites

Evaluating Websites

It is especially important to critically evaluate any websites you reference because information found on the Internet is not regulated in the way that information in databases and in scholarly journals is regulated. You are more likely to run into information that is inaccurate, outdated, and/or biased. You may also have a harder time determining the origin of the information (author, publisher, whether the content is original).

Website URLs

The old standby that .com URLs are bad, whereas .edu, .org, and .gov are fine is overly simplified.

In health care, dates are very important when analyzing information, so if you find information from a .gov site that hasn't been updated since 1998, it is probably information you might want to scrutinize. In addition, trade publications often have .com domains, but contain valuable quality information. A lot more goes into analyzing results than just the domain.

Website Evaluation Checklist
Created by University Libraries at the University of Maryland.