Websites
Geeky Medics(external link)
The website Geeky Medics have a range of guides including:
- Abdominal examination(external link)
- Ankle and foot examination(external link)
- Arterial blood gas sampling(external link)
- Basic life support(external link)
- Blood glucose measurement(external link)
- Blood pressure measurement(external link)
- Breast examination(external link)
- Cardiovascular examination(external link)
- Catherisation (male(external link)) (female(external link))
- Cerebellar examination(external link)
- Cervical screening(external link)
- Contraceptive counselling(external link)
- Cranial nerve examination(external link)
- Chest x-ray interpretation(external link)
- Death confirmation(external link)
- Dermatomes and myotomes(external link)
- Diabetic foot examination(external link)
- ECG recording(external link)
- Elbow examination(external link)
- Eye examination(external link)
- GALS examination(external link)
- Hand and wrist examination(external link)
- Hand washing(external link)
- Hearing Assessment and Otoscopy(external link)
- Heart murmurs(external link)
- Hip examination(external link)
- Intramuscular injection guide(external link)
- IV cannulation and venepuncture guides(external link)
- Knee examination(external link)
- Lower limb neurological examination(external link)
- Mechanism of labour(external link)
- Nasogastric tube insertion(external link)
- Neck lump examination(external link)
- Oral cavity examination(external link)
- Peak expiratory flow rate measurement(external link)
- Peripheral vascular examination(external link)
- Rectal examination(external link)
- Respiratory examination(external link)
- Shoulder exam(external link)
- Simple interrupted suture(external link)
- Spine examination(external link)
- Subcutaneous injection guide(external link)
- Upper limb neurological examination(external link)
- Urinalysis(external link)
- Vaginal examination(external link)
Oxford Medical Education (external link)
This website provides a number of free guides including skills and procedures and examinations. Our favourite guides are:
- Ear examination(external link)
- Mouth examination(external link)
- Neck examination(external link)
- Peak flow and spirometry(external link)
Ausmed(external link)
A wide variety of resources for CPD. Videos include Adventitious breath sounds.(external link)
MedSims(external link)
On MidSims you can find a range of online medical simulations. Note: These scenarios are based on American guidelines so may have information that differs from New Zealand recommendations.
Ninja Nerd(external link)
An online learning platform for medicine and science. Watch videos and find resources on a variety of topics. Our favourite videos are:
- Muscles of the head and neck(external link)
- Bone anatomy videos such as skull anatomy(external link) and Atlas & axis cervical vertebrae (C1-C2) anatomy(external link)
- For more videos of the same series, visit Bone anatomy(external link) Ninja Nerd Science.
Dr Matt & Dr Mike YouTube videos(external link)
Mike Todorovic (PhD) & Dr. Matt Barton (PhD) are Senior Lecturers and Medical Researchers at Griffith University, Australia. They have many videos about a range of medical topics on their YouTube channel. Our favourites are:
- Abnormal breath sounds(external link)
- Rhonchi or rales? Important lung sounds made easy: A practical guide (with full audio)(external link)
Clinical cases
View a range of interesting and educational cases at Geeky Medics(external link), designed for students and health professionals.
