Resource Highlights: FindZebra

 

What do black and white striped equines and tricky medical cases with surprising diagnoses have in common? They are both referred to as zebras.

In medicine, students are taught  a rule of thumb coined by Dr. Theodore Woodward in the 1940’s: “When you hear hoofbeats behind you, don’t expect to see a zebra”. In other words, if a patient is exhibiting symptoms of a common cold, don’t expect they have whooping cough, for example. However, there are rare occasions when a case is difficult to diagnose and lacking common or familiar symptoms to assess. For these cases there is FindZebra.

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Resource Highlights: Chemotherapy Advisor

A resource for oncology healthcare professionals, Chemotherapy Advisor, offers information by cancer type, news updates, and multimedia content to provide engaging and up-to-date information to its users. Their mission: to empower oncology healthcare professionals with practice-focused and comprehensive clinical and drug information that is reflective of current and emerging principles of care to optimize patient outcomes.

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