External resources
The College has identified a number of external resources that may be of use to the junior doctor. Please note these resources have not been endorsed by the College.
RACS Apps
Surgical videos and virtual reality
Royal College of Surgeons Ireland mSurgery videos and mSurgery virtual reality
Mental health
Surgical resources
Department of Health, Victoria: Intern manual: Immediate management of surgical emergencies
The University of Western Australia: Slicing through surgery – a surgical pocket guidebook
Blogs/education sites
Apps
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) app (iTunes & Google Play)
Anatomy lectures & MCQs (iTunes)
Human anatomy atlas (Google Play)
MEDTube medical videos (Google Play)
NSW Trauma app (iTunes & Google Play)
Procedures Emergency Medicine app (Google Play)
Prognosis: Your diagnosis (iTunes)
RACS national case note review (Google Play)
SurgiQuiz (iTunes)
Touch surgery (iTunes & Google Play)
Better Pain Management: Faculty of Pain Medicine (ANZCA)
The FPM, Better Pain Management program has been designed for specialist and general medical practitioners, medical students, nurses and allied health practitioners engaged in the care of patients with persistent pain. It consists of six online education modules each designed to be completed in one hour.
Topics covered in the Better Pain Management program include:
- Making an effective pain diagnosis: a whole person approach
- The impact and management of psychological factors in pain
- A whole person approach to chronic pain
- Identification and management of neuropathic pain
- Identification and management of low back pain in the primary care setting
- Opioids in pain management
Antimicrobial modules
Antimicrobial modules by NPS MedicineWise