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Welcome to the MERLOT Health Sciences Portal, an educational resource for health professionals. You are invited to join MERLOT―it's free―and contribute to this growing community of health professionals, health professional educators, and students by using the learning materials, submitting your own modules and assignments for evaluation, and learning ideas to help you learn as well as teach in a variety of settings.

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This overview and information is for health care professionals and students to understand and value the upcoming technology and medical advances related to genomics. It can be used in the classroom as a Powerpoint Presentation or assigned to students or health care staff for self-study.

Genetics and Genomics in Health Care in MERLOT

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U.S. National Weather Resources: Heat Safety Tips and Resources
Heat safety tips and resources for dealing with extreme heat. Note: Practical guidelines for people to follow in dealing...
Undergraduate Diagnostic Imaging Fundamentals 8211; Open Textbook
Diagnostic Imaging principles and concepts are augmented by the presentation of images for common clinical conditions....
Leadership in Healthcare and Public Health
Can leadership be taught? If the answer is yes, then a highly interactive flipped classroom may be an ideal environment....
Theories and Biological Basis of Addiction
Welcome to the online coursebook for our Theories and Biological Basis of Addiction course. The material is designed to...
Vaccine Disparities - Adult Vaccinations
While a big push has been made to improve childhood vaccination rates, adult vaccination remains poor. According to the...
Perspectives on Bias in Medicine
In this book, we will explore the impact of bias on the experiences of healthcare providers, learners preparing to be...
Atlas of Renal Lesions in Proteinuric Dogs
This Atlas of Renal Lesions in Proteinuric Dogs is a seminal work that is the product of a huge amount of effort by a...
Nursing EKG Flashcards | Quizlet
Quizlet that contains information about different heart rhythms and the images that they correspond with on an EKG. This...
Auscultation of Lungs
Guide for lung auscultation and types of lung sounds
Veterinary Histology
Veterinary Histology is a microscopic anatomy textbook focused on domestic species, including the dog, cat, cattle,...
Introduction to Human Osteology
This text was designed for use in the human osteology laboratory classroom. Bones are described to aid in the...
Medicines by Design
Medicines By Design aims to explain how scientists unravel the many different ways medicines work in the body and how...
MEDICAL ETHICS ONLINE TEXTBOOK
"In this text and course it is my task to challenge the reader, to invite and to encourage the reader to think and to...
Veterinary Medical Libraries in the 21st Century
The discipline of veterinary science encompasses a vast body of knowledge that is derived from basic and applied studies...
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists - ACOG
Provides educational resources to women on obstetrics and gynecology related topics, such as pregnancy. A great resource...
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Nursing Humor Cartoons- for hilarious comic strips on virtually any nursing or health care topic. Learn and laugh at the...
El blog de Estefanía
En este sitio podrás encontrar información relevante del área de la salud, si eres estudiante, la información que...
Simulation as a Strategy to Teach Clinical Pediatrics Within a Nursing Curriculum
This article describes an exploratory study of communication, collaboration, confidence, learning opportunity, and error...
Tic Tac Toe ABGs: Interpretation and Patient Safety
The Tic Tac Toe ABGs was developed by QSEN to guide nusing students in interpreting and minimizing risks associated with...
Back to Basics: Protection From Surgical Smoke
Surgical smoke is formed when energy‐generating devices (ie, electrosurgery units, lasers, powered instruments) raise the...
How to Study for the Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) Exam - Boss RN
In this post, I talk about what I used to study for the CEN. I give you 3 tools I used and a downloadable PDF study...
How Nurses Can Help Drive Healthcare Innovation
Ever since Florence Nightingale revolutionized healthcare during the Crimean War by pointing out that infection was...
Institute of Pediatric Nursing
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