Health Related Podcasts
Contents
Introduction
Podcasts are audio recordings you can download from the Internet and listen to at your computer or on your MP3 audio device. Send us your favorite health related podcast!Podcasts: Definitions and Use
How to Create Podcasts
From ILounge.
How to listen to podcasts
To listen to the files on your computer (or on your IPOD or MP3 player), you will need audio player software such as Quicktime Media Player,
Windows Media Player, or Real Player. You will also need a sound card on your computer and speakers. Broadband Internet works best, as the files can be quite large.
To automatically subscribe and listen to podcasts on your audio device, many free or commercial podcasting applications can be used, for example:
ITunes
Juice
SmartFeed
Odeo
Windows Media Player, or Real Player. You will also need a sound card on your computer and speakers. Broadband Internet works best, as the files can be quite large.
To automatically subscribe and listen to podcasts on your audio device, many free or commercial podcasting applications can be used, for example:
ITunes
Juice
SmartFeed
Odeo
I Tunes U
A free hosting service for universities providing course podcasting.
Lectures on the Go
For students. From the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Natural Reader
No time to read that journal article? Convert it to speech and copy it to your MP3 player. Free text to speech software.
Podcasting technology explained
From Academic Technology, University of Wisconsin.
Podcasts: Journals, NIH and Grand Rounds
AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill
Weekly podcasts include Harrison's Grand Rounds or updates, or Hurst's The Heart updates.
JAMA
Editor-in-Chief summarizes and comments on the week's issue of JAMA.
Journal Junkie
Free, but requires a login. Automatically downloads summaries from 10 journals to your MP3 player.
National Institutes of Health
NIH Research Radio, updated every other week. Includes NIH Research Matters, NIH News of Interest, and MedlinePlus, NLM Director's Comments.
Neurology
Weekly podcasts of content from Neurology, the official journal of the American Academy of Neurology
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SoundPractice
Journal of Medical Practice Management
The Lancet
Includes editorial staff discussing weekly highlights; interviews with authors of key papers; monthly summaries on The Lancet Infectious Diseases and The Lancet Neurology.
Podcasts: Subject Focused
Includes podcasts on allergy/immunology, anatomy, cardiology, critical care, dentistry, drug and patient safety, dermatology, genetics, internal medicine, neurology, nursing, ophthalmology, pediatrics, pharmacy, radiology, rheumatology, and general medical/health interest.
ACAAI American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Every second week, the College will post a new 30-minute Vodcast (video podcast) of a key presentation from its 2006 Annual Meeting on-line. Each vodcast will contain the original audio and presentation slides and can be viewed from a computer or downloaded to a portable media player.
ACC Conversations
American College of Cardiology produces 20 minute topical discussions between leading experts in cardiology.
ASHP Advantage CE Podcasts
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Audio Medica News
Informal comments from medical experts.
Channel: CTisus- Computed Tomography Podcast
Advanced Medical Imaging Laboratory.
CVMD.org
Cardiovascular Multimedia Information Network, from Arizona Heart Hospital.
DAVE Project
DAVE is the Digital Atlas of Video Education. Choose a subject on the left, then download.
EMS Live
Produced by paramedics for paramedics.
EyePodReports
News reports, case histories and exclusive conversations with leading opthalmology researchers
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FDA Drug Safety Podcasts
FDA Drug Safety Podcasts are produced by FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). They provide emerging safety information about drugs in conjunction with the release of Public Health Advisories.
FDA Patient Safety News
Monthly podcasts for health professionals.
First Aid
From Beechwood Healthbooks.
InfoPOEMs Weekly Podcasts
Five minute discussions provide additional depth and insight into the issues covered by the InfoPOEM synopsis.
Instant Anatomy
Instant Anatomy for medical students, nurses and doctors, by Dr Robert Whitaker, Cambridge, UK.
Internal Medicine Residency Podcasts U Tenn
University of Tennessee podcasts on multiple internal medicine topics from arrythmias to Beginning Doctor Finances.
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Jefferson Emergency Medicine
Thomas Jefferson Emergency Medicine program provides emergency medicine lectures from residency programs around the country.
MaagNursing UCSF
Online lectures.
MedKast
Created by Dr. Manuel Zeledon, half-hour refresher sessions on a wide variety of medical topics. Each topic relates to specific chapters in standard textbooks.
Nature Genetics
Research, interviews and news on the latest genetics research from Nature.
Neurology
Weekly podcasts of content from Neurology, the official journal of the American Academy of Neurology
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Proteomics
Top articles published in Proteomics, including interviews with authors and editors.
Rheumatology Radio
Featured speakers speak on their publications.
Science in the News
Harvard Medical School Seminars.
Scrubcasts
Scrubcasts is a unique teaching podcast designed especially for medical students.
STAT! The Podcast of Clinical Neurology News
Produced by IMNG publications (Elsevier Society News Publications) and sole advertising sponsorship provided by Ortho-McNeil Neurologics.
This Week in Cardiology
Michael Gibson and Dr. Christopher Cannon a weekly show providing commentary by medical professionals on cardiology topics.
University of Arizona Department of Pediatrics
General pediatric topics.
Podcasts: CME (Continuing Medical Education)
[Dentistry] DentalCast
Agreement noted with the Arizona Dental Association to grant CERP CE.
[General Medical Interest] Audio-Digest
CME/CE credit offered in many different subject areas.
Audio-Digest: UCDHSC affiliates can click here to download free CME in these topic areas:
Emergency Medicine
Family Practice
Internal Medicine
Audio-Digest: UCDHSC affiliates can click here to download free CME in these topic areas:
Emergency Medicine
Family Practice
Internal Medicine
[Nursing] Nursing Spectrum
Audio CE
[Ophthalmology ] As Seen From Here
CME sponsored by NYU School of Medicine
[Psychology] CME Podcasting
CME Outfitters
Podcasts: From Other Universities
Internal Medicine Residency Podcasts U Tenn
University of Tennessee podcasts on multiple internal medicine topics from arrythmias to Beginning Doctor Finances.
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Mayo Clinic Podcasts
Health news and updates on a variety of topics.
University of Arizona Department of Pediatrics
General pediatric topics.
University of Maryland "Medically Speaking"
Each podcast features a specific topic and an interview with a top specialist.
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University of Utah School of Medicine
Classroom lectures. login/password required
Podcasts: For Patients or Consumer Health Interest
ABC Health Report
Weekly podcast.
AHRQ Healthcare 411
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Promoting quality, safety and effectiveness in healthcare.
Arizona Heart Institute (CVMD.org)
Video podcasts for heart patients.
Blood CancerCAST
From the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Cancer Cast
Dr. Quinten Black and Dr. John O'Connor.
Cancer News In Context
From the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention.
Cleveland Clinic Health Edge
Video podcasts for patients.
Healthcast
From Dr. Rubin, endocrinologist and author of Dummies Medical Series.
Medical Monday
From NPR.
MedicineNet: Audio Newsletter & Medical Podcast Library
Current health news, trends and research
MedlinePlus, NLM Director's Comments
From the National Library of Medicine.
Mental Health Missives
From Fran Babiss, PhD, OTR/L.
MicrobeWorld Radio
From the American Society for Microbiology.
Multilingual Multimedia Consumer Health Information
Multilingual Health information materials are in multiple formats - handouts, audio, multimedia, web-video and (some) iPod videos, and multiple languages.
NIH News of Interest
From the National Institutes of Health.
Oklahoma University Health Matters
From the Oklahoma Medical Center.
Science Friday
from NPR.
Sound Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine and WFYI Public Radio. Add it to your podcast aggregator.
The Naked Scientists
From Cambridge University Physicians.
University of Virginia Medical Center Hour
Explores ethics, law, culture, public policy, religion and spirituality, science research, and the arts as they relate to health.
Podcasts: For Fun
American Public Media
Marketplace, Money, News from Lake Wobegon and more.
Free University Courses for downloading
Over 85 courses recorded at leading American universities.
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Project Gutenberg
Audio books from the public domain.