Physical Therapy
American Physical Therapy Association
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is a national professional organization representing more than 66,000 members. Its goal is to foster advancements in physical therapy practice, research, and education. Membership in APTA provides access to the Open Door portal, which includes the CINAHL database and full-text medical and nursing journals. Note: you must be a member to log in to Open Door. Format: WebsiteCochrane Collaboration
The Cochrane Collaboration is an international organization that aims to help clinicians make well informed decisions about health care by preparing, maintaining and ensuring the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of health care interventions. This Website provides access to all of the abstracts of the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Searching is by words in the title. Free access to abstracts of Cochrane Systematic Reviews; fulltext databases requires a subscription. Format: Website Provider: Cochrane CollaborationeMedicine
eMedicine is an information portal that provides access to peer-reviewed content for diseases and disorders. Information is arranged by specialty and includes CME and patient education materials. Format: DatabaseFederation of State Boards of Physical Therapy
The Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy develops and administers the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) for both physical therapists and physical therapist assistants in 53 jurisdictions – the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Licensing authorities are listed by state. Format: WebsiteMEDLINEplus
Produced by the National Library of Medicine for consumers, MEDLINEplus has extensive information from the National Institutes of Health and other trusted sources on over 500 diseases and conditions. There are also lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionaries, health information in Spanish, extensive information on prescription and non prescription drugs, health information from the media, and links to thousands of clinical trials. Format: Website Provider: National Library of MedicineMedscape
Medscape from WebMD offers clinicians access to a medical information portal that offers MEDLINE, CME, current information by specialty, textbooks, and summaries from medical conferences. Format: DatabaseMerck Medicus
This Website, sponsored by Merck & Co., provides an advertising-free medical portal to many important Websites, including MDConsult, Harrison's Online, Dxplain, Practice Guidelines and MEDLINE. Format: Database Provider: Merck & Co., Inc.National Guideline Clearinghouse
Developed in 1998 by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR), in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans, the NGC is designed to promote quality health care by making available the latest clinical practice guidelines based on scientific evidence. Format: Website Provider: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesNC AHEC Digital Library
The NC AHEC Digital Library (ADL) includes access to full-text journals and textbooks, Ovid databases such as MEDLINE and CINAHL, comprehensive health information sites such as MDConsult, links to drug information and health news, patient education materials, and continuing education opportunities. Anyone can access the AHEC Digital Library as a guest: just enter "guest" as the username and "guest" as the password. However, certain licensed resources are only available to ADL members. (ADL individual membership in North Carolina is $100.00 per year.) Format: Website Provider: NC AHECThis is a fee-based service.
