Medical podcasts & videocasts

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Introduction

see also Apple iPad for physicians, Apple iPhone4 for physicians, Screencasting and RSS

Podcasting is a term that combines "broadcasting" and "iPod" and refers to syndicating audio and video files onto MP3 players, handheld devices and personal computers via RSS and Atom. Synonyms for podcasting include audiocasting and audioblogging. Vodcasting - a portmanteau of video and broadcasting - is extremely popular due to mobile devices such as iPhones and video-sharing sites such as BlipTV, Google Video, iCYou and YouTube.com.

You do not need an iPhone or iPod to listen to podcasts as they are played on most MP3 players, portable devices, desktop computers or laptops. Some health librarians find that podcasting is useful in library services: 1) for outreach, training and marketing; 2) direct personal and professional development by subscribing to podcasts; and 3) current awareness and learning opportunities for end users. The rise of audiovisual media continues as society moves into web 3.0 and physicians try to keep current with changes in evidence-based health care. Some futurists believe we are entering a post-textual era and that demand for audio and video will only continue.

Video - free medical vids

See Medical video-sharing sites

A to Z medical podcasts

An iGoogle page of RSS feeds

See also FreeMedicalPodcasts http://freemedicalpodcasts.com/

Allergy & Immunology - Recommended Websites

American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology: http://www.blueskybroadcast.com/Client/ACAAI/Vodcast/

Ves Dimov's List of Medical Podcasts - http://casesblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/your-spreadsheet-becomes-wiki-lets-make.html

Anatomy

Visible Human Project - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/applications.html

Anesthesiology

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America: http://www.anesthesiology.theclinics.com/content/mp3

Cardiology

American College of Cardiology - ACC Conversations With Experts: http://conversations.acc.org/podcast.asp

American Heart Association Podcast: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3037153

Cardiology:This Week in Cardiology: http://www.clinicaltrialresults.org/

Cardiovascular Multimedia Information Network: http://www.cvmd.org/index.php

Critical Care Medicine

ICU Rounds Podcast: http://icurounds.com/

Society of Critical Care Medicine: http://www.sccm.org/SCCM/Publications/iCritical+Care/

Dentistry

DentalCast: http://www.dentalcast.net/

MUSC Dental Podcasts: http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/44055

Dermatology

Dermatology Weekly Update: http://www.dermatologyweeklyupdate.com/

MUSC Dermatology & Skin Problems: http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podshows/2831034

Emergency Medicine

EMS Live: http://www.emslive.com/

University of Iowa Department of Emergency Medicine: http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/emergencymedicine/podcastcopy.html

Endocrinology

Diabetic Feed: http://diabeticfeed.blogspot.com/

Gastroenterology

DAVE (Digital Atlas of Video Education) Project: http://www.daveproject.org/

Audio Digest: http://www.audio-digest.org/

Medical Education/Admissions

Pritzker Podcast: http://pritzkerpodcast.com/

Medical Informatics

Sound Practice: http://soundpractice.net/

Microbiology

MicrobeWorld Radio: http://www.microbeworld.org/

This Week in Virology: http://www.twiv.tv/

MicrobiologyBytes: http://www.microbiologybytes.com/

Neurology

American Academy of Neurology - Weekly podcast of content from Neurology®: http://www.aan.com/rss/?event=feed&channel=1

STAT! The Podcast of Clinical Neurology News: http://www.medicalnewspodcast.com/stat.html

Neuropod: http://www.nature.com/neurosci/neuropod/index.html

Nursing

Nursing Studio Podcasts: http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/11429

Maag Lectures http://www.maagnursing.com/podcast/

Oncology

Arizona Cancer Center: http://webcasts.ahsc.arizona.edu/categories/?id=4

Blood CancerCAST - Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Podcasts: http://www.leukemia.org/all_page?item_id=395450

Cancer Cast: http://cancercast.com/

Harvard Center - Cancer News in Context and Prevention Radio: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/

Ophthalmology

As seen from here: http://www.asseenfromhere.com/

OT Podcast 'Times': http://ophthalmologytimes.modernmedicine.com/Podcast

Pediatrics

Pediatrics Pedcasts: http://www.peds.arizona.edu/residency/podcast.asp

Pediacast, A pediatric podcast for parents: http://www.pediascribe.com/podcast/

Pharmacology

ASHP Advantage: http://www.ashpadvantage.com/podcasts/

FDA Drug Safety Podcasts: http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/podcast/default.htm

FDA Patient Safety News: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/psn/index.cfm

Pharmacy

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists - http://www.ashpadvantage.com/podcasts/

Therapeutics Education Collaboration (TEC) - http://therapeuticseducation.org/ & iTunes http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=279020839

Physiotherapy

UBC Physio Outreach podcasts: http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/physio/podcasts/

Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy: http://www.scienceaudio.net/jnpt/jnpt.html

Psychiatry

American Journal of Psychiatry podcasts: http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/misc/audio.dtl

British Journal of Psychiatry podcasts: http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/press/podcasts.aspx

Institute of Psychiatry Podcasts: http://www.iop.kcl.ac.uk/podcast/

Radiology

CTisus Vodcasts and Podcasts: http://www.ctisus.com/

Johns Hopkins Radiology Teaching Podcast: http://www.rad.jhmi.edu/residents/podcasts.htm

Rheumatology

Athritis Central: http://www.arthritiscentral.com/index.php?page=audio.php

PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Rheumatology: http://www.zencast.com/channels/showchannel.asp?mc=1&cid=6096

Surgery

Surgery ICU Rounds Podcast: http://icurounds.com/

Urology

see also Urology 2.0

MUSC Urology Podcasts: http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/44073

Creating podcasts

There is a wide range and variety of open source software on the Web to enable you to record your own podcasts, such as:

1. Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
2. Apple iTunes 4.9 http://www.apple.com/podcasting/
3. Audioblogger http://www.audioblogger.com/
4. Dream Avatar Creator http://www.tektek.org/dream/
5. Garage Band 2 http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/
6. iPodder http://ipodder.org
7. Podcasting Resources for Educators and Students http://www.stager.org/podcasting.html
8. Podcast Bunker http://www.podcastbunker.com
9. NetLingo http://www.netlingo.com/index.cfm
10. SplashCast http://www.splashcastmedia.com/

Directories, search tools and other lists

There is a wide range and variety of health podcasts and videocasts, which can be located by browsing directories and specific search tools:

1. Apple iTunes
2. Consumer health podcasts - Duke
3. Journal Junkie Free audio journals physicians
4. MedWorm Search
5. Podcast.net
6. Podscope
7. Podzinger
8. PubMed - Try: "Videos in clinical medicine"

General consumer health and medical

Though medical journal websites may offer direct downloading or streaming of content, a podcast is distinguished from other digital audio and video formats by its ability to be downloaded automatically using software capable of reading feed formats such as Atom, RSS or XML.

1. ABC’s Health Report - Radio National
2. AccessMedicine Weekly Podcasts
3. AHRQ Healthcare Audio Series
4. Annals of Internal Medicine - Annals Podcasts
5. Audio Medica
6. Centers for Disease Control - United States
7. Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education and Cleveland Clinic Health Edge
8. CME Podcasting
9. The Cochrane Collaboration
10. Clinical Podcast
11. Doctors on health - Medicine.Net
12. Dr. Rubin - author of Diabetes For Dummies, Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies, Thyroid For Dummies
13. Dynamed Podcasts
14. Ivanhoe’s Medical Breakthroughs
15. Johns Hopkins Medical Podcasts and Johns Hopkins Radiology Teaching Conferences
16. Journal Junkie for Physicians - very handy listing of major journal podcasts
17. Journal of the American Medical Association - JAMA Audio Commentary
18. Listen to The Lancet
19. Mayo Clinic Health Podcasts
20. McGraw-Hill Access Medicine
21. Medical Center Hour
22. MediPodcast
23. MedKast
24. MUSC - Medical University of South Carolina Health Podcast Library and Video Library
25. Naked Scientists - Latest Naked Scientists Science Radio Show and Science Podcast
26. National Institutes of Health (NIH) - Research Radio Podcast
27. MEDLINEplus Surgical videos
28. National Public Radio (NPR) - Health & Science Monday Podcasts
29. New England Journal of Medicine and (videos) http://content.nejm.org/misc/videos.dtl
30. OU Medical Center - Health Matters
31. Podmedics - UK medical students & physicians podcasts
32. Sound Medicine
33. UCTV Health and Medicine
34. University of Chicago - Pritzker Medical School podcasts
35. University of Michigan Health & Medicine Podcasts
36. University of Utah MED Audio Lectures
37. University of Virginia Health & Medicine Podcasts

General science journal podcasts

• Nature Magazine
• Science Magazine
• Scientific American

Legal issues

• Creative Commons Podcasting Legal Guide

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