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Instructional Program Designed By:Instructional Program Designed By:

Gregory A. Chauncey, BSEE, MBA Gregory A. Chauncey, BSEE, MBA

Naomi C. Broering, MLS, MANaomi C. Broering, MLS, MA

Pacific College of Oriental MedicinePacific College of Oriental Medicine

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1- Health Topics (Main part of MedlinePlus)1- Health Topics (Main part of MedlinePlus)

2 – Medicines & Supplements2 – Medicines & Supplements

3 –Videos and Cool Tools3 –Videos and Cool Tools

3A – Interactive Tutorials (PPT shows 3A – Interactive Tutorials (PPT shows w/sound)w/sound)

3B - Anatomy Videos3B - Anatomy Videos

3C – Medical words 3C – Medical words

4 – Medical Dictionary4 – Medical Dictionary

5 – General info5 – General info

6 – Health news (listed by date – switch to A –6 – Health news (listed by date – switch to A –Z)Z)

7 – NIH Senior Health7 – NIH Senior Health

8 – Clinical Trials (Important-world wide or 8 – Clinical Trials (Important-world wide or local)local)

9 – Sign up for email updates9 – Sign up for email updates

Health Topics A to ZHealth Topics A to Z

Complementary & AlternativeMedicine

Select: Immune SystemSelect: Immune System: : Go to -AIDS Go to -AIDS (HIV)(HIV)

Other Topics

Start Here Start Here

Table of Contents -Table of Contents -OverviewsOverviews

Upper Middle: News – Upper Middle: News – Diagnosis- TreatmentDiagnosis- Treatment

News , Diagnosis,Treatment

Table of Contents

Sample Diagnosis: FAQ’s- from CDC(link to trusted site)

Treatment: AIDS medicines

treatment

AIDS Medicines

Approved from

AIDSinfo

Approved Medications from AIDSinfo

Reviewed

Middle: Prevention - Alt Therapy – Disease mgmt-

Specific Conditions

Sample Prevention: AIDS Vaccines, from NM AIDS Education and Training

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AIDS vaccine

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Lower Middle: Related issues – Photos -

Tutorials- Videos – Anatomy - Financial

Issues

Sample: Related Issues – Myths from

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Related

issues

Photos, tutorial

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Anatomy, financial issues

Lower: Clinical Trials –Research –

Journal Articles

Next Section: Directories –

Organizations – Statistics – Magazine - Age Groups

Clinical trials

research

journal articles

Directories and

organizations

Statistics and

magazine

Age groups

Sample: Organizations – AIDS.Gov

Next tab: Clinical Trials

Select: Search for Clinical Trials

You can search world wide for all information

or just locally (San Diego) to join one

388 Clinical Trials on HIV and Aids in San Diego

Searching Clinical Trials help

• They list protocols, medicines, recruiting criteria, locations, Phase (I to IV), Investigators

• Use Advanced Search or Refine Search:

• If looking for results, select Phase III- more subjects– Get Investigator's name (s) and look up

publications• Still Recruiting, if you want to join

Clinical Trial

CNS-targeted HAART (CIT2) – Phase III - recruiting at UCSD

Phase III

Recruiting

Further details, outcome measures, Eligibility

Eligibility

Contacts, locations, Contacts, locations, INVESTIGATORSINVESTIGATORS

Principal Investigators: Look up in PubMed

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Journal Articles