Ethiopian Medical Students' Association
Resources & Links

 Resources for medical students
 Medical/student organizations
 For Recent Graduates (Residents)
Information on opportunities for professional development
 Ethio-International Collaborations
 Ethiopian Health Journals
 Ethiopian Medical Schools
 For Women
Information and resources for women
 Public Health Resources


Resources for medical students

***Medical Student.com***
MedicalStudent.com is a digital library of authoritative medical information for all students of medicine. This is a really good site!

***Medical Student Gateway
A comprehensive list of resources for medical students including medical student journals and medical e-books as well as medical web-sites.

***On-Line Interactive Patient Simulators
Free on-line patient simulators for physicians, PA's, nurses and others. Simulated adult and pediatric patient emergencies, trauma simulations, surgical simulations, neurologic simulators and various other patient scenarios.

Curriculum Database
The project was started in 1999, by students working within the Standing Committee on Medical Education of IFMSA. Its aim is to help medical students find information about the different ways of studying and teaching medicine in faculties and countries around the world.

HIV Medicine

A medical textbook that provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the treatment of HIV Infection

Mediclass
Excellent resource for medical information from anatomy to neurology...

Medscape
Free access to 250+ CME courses, 25 medical specialty sites, 100+ medical journals and more.

Virtual Hospital
A digital library of health information

Residency Database

It is an IFMSA Transnational project. Its aim is to facilitate medical students and young doctors that wish to specialize or sub-specialize abroad and to act as a general reference of residency systems worldwide by providing information about the residency system, the financial state and the application procedure for a residency position in many different countries.

Free Books for Doctors
This page gives comprehensive info regarding free online medical resources for medcial students/physicains. You can access the Merck Manual and other well-known books. An ideal reosurce for the med student

Medical/student organizations

Federation of African Medical Students' Association
The Federation of African Medical Students Association, FAMSA, is an independent, non political federation of medical students associations in Africa.

IFMSA
International Federation of Medical Students Association

Physicians for Human Rights
Physicians for Human Rights mobilizes health professions and the public to protect the human rights of all people. A founder of the Intenational Campaign to Ban Landmines, PHR shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.

Physicians for Social Responsibility
Physicians for Social Responsibility is working to create a world free of nuclear weapons, global environmental pollution and gun violence.

Ethiopians North American Health Professional Associations

Health Info Ethiopia
Directory of health institutions and health professionals in the country as well as those outside.

People to People, Inc.

Non-profit organization, founded in 1999 to fight against the mounting devastation caused by HIV/AIDS in Sub-Sahara Africa and especially Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
ESOG, Ethiopian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is a voluntary, non-profit, non-political professional association established to spearhead and promote quality reproductive health (RH) services and to ensure the rights of Ethiopian women for these services.

Ethiopian Public Health Association
The EPHA is a legally registered national, autonomous, non-profit making, voluntary professional organization, established in 1989 to promote public health services and professional standards through advocacy, active involvement, and networking.

For Recent Graduates (Residents)

Residency Database

It is an IFMSA Transnational project. Its aim is to facilitate medical students and young doctors that wish to specialize or sub-specialize abroad and to act as a general reference of residency systems worldwide by providing information about the residency system, the financial state and the application procedure for a residency position in many different countries.

FAIMER
Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research. Educating Educators is one of the programs where med school faculty can do cross-cultural training. Great opportunity!

HealthNet-Ethiopia
Through HealthNet Ethiopia, thousands of health practitioners throughout Ethiopia have access to a wide range of information services that are critical to health care delivery.

Ethio-International Collaborations

Gondar-Leicester Link
The Leicester Gondar Link is dedicated to sharing skills and expertise between Health Professionals from Leicester in the United Kingdom, and Gondar in Ethiopia.

Ethiopian Health Journals

Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Official Journal of the Ethiopian Public Health Association

Horn of Africa Journal of AIDS
Foster health care education and care of patients with HIV/AIDS

Journal of Ethiopian Medical Practice
JEMP is a Biannual Scientific Journal Published by The Ethiopian Society of General Medical Practice. esgmp@telecom.net.et

Ethiopian Medical Schools

Addis Ababa University
(Department of Internal Medicine)

Gondar College of Medical Sciences

Jimma Institute of Health Science

For Women

For women in Science
This is a fellowship for women who are interested in life sciences.

Global Fund for Women

Third World Organization for Women in Science
* Postgraduate Training Fellowships for Women Scientists in Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDC) at Centres of Excellence in the South

Public Health Resources

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Information and news on public health, reproductve health, development issues, and health systems and economics in developing countries.

Mulitlateral Initiative on Malaria
MIM is an alliance of organizations and individuals concerned with malaria. It aims to maximize the impact of scientific research against malaria in Africa, through promoting capacity building and facilitating global collaboration and coordination.