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The links section offers access to external websites and pages relevant to surgical practice, education and research, as well as some sites with a broader medical focus. The content of this area is maintained by the Library and whilst we take no responsibility for the content of links, if you would like to report a broken link or suggest a new website please email library@rcseng.ac.uk.
Dictionaries and other General Reference Tools
Definitions provided by the Medical Library Association in the United States of common medical terms used in the media.
ISMP's List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols and Dose Designations
A list of abbreviations and other symbols that the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) recommends should never be used. These have been reported to the ISMP via their Medication Error Reporting Programme as being often misinterpreted, causing medication errors. This is for information only; check with your respective organisation for any in-house rules on abbreviation use that may apply.
Contains a variety of common equations, clinical criteria scores and decision trees used in medicine. There is also the Quick Converter module to convert values from one unit to another as well as a general calculator.
Medical Algorithms Project (MedAL)
Thousands of algorithms spanning major medical domains, organized into 45 chapters.
A dictionary of over 200,000 medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical & healthcare acronyms and abbreviations. Plus other searches for the medical, pharmaceutical or healthcare professional.
Reference tool providing information on diseases and conditions, procedures and tests, medications and a medical dictionary.
Mondofacto - online medical dictionary
An online medical dictionary.
Multilingual glossary of medical terms
Multilingual Glossary of technical and popular medical terms in nine European Languages
Abbreviations and symbols it is advised not to use on handwritten orders and other medication documentation. The "Do Not Use List" is produced by the Joint Commission, a body that provides accreditation services for healthcare organisations and programmes in the US. This is for information only; check with your respective organisation for any in-house rules on abbreviation use that may apply.
A search engine for websites that have been chosen by GPs.
Biographical dictionary of medical eponyms. Contains thousands of eponyms linked to over 2,500 people.
