Selected Reference Books
Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice, 4E by Publication Date: 2016Learn the essential principles of pharmacotherapy and how they apply to today's healthcare. This trusted text provides everything you need to gain an in-depth understanding of the underlying principles of the pharmacotherapy of disease--and their practical application.
Clinical Anatomy: Applied Anatomy for Students and Junior Doctors by Publication Date: 2013Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Fully revised and updated with many new illustrations, this new edition features for the first time, several anatomical drawings overlaid on a living anatomy model to provide detailed topographical orientation and accurate surface representation. Provides essential anatomical information within a clinical setting.
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine by Publication Date: 2015Includes information on more than 1,700 medical disorders. Each article includes in-depth discussion of causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, procedures, and other related topics.
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twenty-First Edition by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781264268504Publication Date: 2022
The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health by Publication Date: 2006Covers all major health professions, including nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy and more.
Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests by Publication Date: 2014Provides a start-to-finish overview of a surgery or test, as well as information on related diseases and conditions, medications, and other issues that pertain to hospitalization, insurance plans, and the impact of the affordable Care act on all of the above.
Gross Anatomy by Publication Date: 2011The perfect bridge between review and textbooks. With an emphasis on what you truly need to know versus "what's nice to know," it features 450 full-color illustrations that give you a complete, yet concise, overview of essential anatomy. The book's user-friendly presentation consists of text on the left-hand page and beautiful full-color illustrations on the right-hand page. In this way, you get a "big picture" of anatomy principles, delivered one concept at a time -- making them easier to understand and retain.
Professional Organizations
- American Academy of Physician's Assistants (AAPA)The national professional society for physician assistants. AAPA advocates and educates on behalf of the profession and the patients PAs serve. We work to ensure the professional growth, personal excellence and recognition of physician assistants.
- Student Academy of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (SAAAPA)The student organization of the AAPA.
- New York State Society of Physician's Assistants (NYSSPA)The Mission of the New York State Society of Physician Assistants is to improve the quality of health care and promote the Physician Assistant Profession in the State of New York.
- National Commission on Certification of Physician's Assistants (NCCPA)NCCPA is dedicated to assuring the public that certified physician assistants meet established standards of clinical knowledge and cognitive skills upon entry into practice and throughout their careers.
- Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA)The only national organization representing PA educational programs. PAEA works to ensure quality PA education through the development and distribution of educational services and products specifically geared toward meeting the emerging needs of PA programs, the PA profession, and the health care industry.
Online Reference Sources
- PDR Prescribers' Digital ReferenceProvides current, accurate, and helpful information about drugs, herbal medicines and supplements, as well as common diseases and conditions.
- MedlinePlus: Medical EncyclopediaMedlinePlus is the National Institutes of Health's Web site for patients and their families and friends. MedlinePlus offers reliable, up-to-date health information, anytime, anywhere, for free.
- The Merck Manuals Online Medical Library This link opens in a new windowA series of healthcare books for medical professionals and consumers.
- Anatomy AtlasesAn anatomy digital health sciences library that has been committed to educating patients, healthcare providers, and students for the purpose of improving patients' care, outcome, and lives, and by using current, authoritative, trustworthy health information.
- Anatomy of the Human BodyThe Bartleby.com edition of Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn.
- eSkeletons ProjectsThe purpose of this site is to enable you to view the bones of both human and non-human primates and to gather information about them from our osteology database.
Federal and State Government Resources
- Center for Disease Control & PreventionOfficial CDC website, providing fact sheets and up-to-date information on health and disease.
- National Institutes of HealthThe National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services External Web Site Policy, is the nation’s medical research agency—making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
- Wadsworth Center - NYS Department of HealthWadsworth Center is a science-based community committed to protecting and improving the health of New Yorkers through laboratory analysis, investigations and research, as well as laboratory certification and educational programs.
- National Center for Health StatisticsThe mission of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is to provide statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people.