Quality Medical Podcasts Guide

Podcasts are web-based audio broadcasts. These files are made available in a way that allows your computer (with the help of a program like iTunes or an RSS reader) to notify you when a new episode is posted.

Even if you don't own an iPod, you can use iTunes to find free, quality medical podcasts by downloading iTunes). To find podcasts:

1. Open iTunes.
2. Click on "iTunes store."
3. Click on "podcasts."
4. Use the search box to look for terms like "nursing" or "pediatrics" or "JAMA."
5. Click the "subscribe" button next to the name of the free podcasts, and they will begin to download.
6. Plug in your headphones and listen on your computer or plug in and update your iPod.

-OR- Download Juice, or another RSS reader, a program that allows you to subscribe to a podcast and regularly download files.

-OR- You can download quality medical podcasts directly from the podcasts' home pages:

General Medicine
MedicineNet
Sound Medicine from the Indiana University School of Medicine
Mayo Clinic Podcasts
MedCast from the Drexel University College of Medicine
AccessMedicine Podcast
CME Pipeline Continuing Medical Education (available through iTunes only). See website for more information.
Medicine 411 from the Federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
FDA Drug Safety Podcast

Nursing
NCLEX Tips from Drexel University
Nursing Spectrum Audio CE
Nursing Studio
Oncology Nursing Society Podcasts
U. of Virginia School of Nursing Podcast Library

Journal Summaries
JAMA Weekly Audio Commentary
Listen to the Lancet
Nature
New England Journal of Medicine

Medical School and Residency
MedKast topic review for medical students
Internal Medicine Residency from the U. of Tennessee

Practice Specialties
Akron Children's Hospital Pediatric Grand Rounds podcasts
eCardioCast - University of Pittsburgh Cardiology Grand Rounds and Lectures
iCritical Care from the Society of Critical Care Medicine - Adults and Peds
American Academy of Family Physicians (CME)
PedCasts from the University of Arizona
STAT! The Podcast of Clinical Neurology News
Arizona Cancer Center Cancer and Healthcare Update
Cardiovascular Multimedia Information Network
SoundPractice from the Journal of Medical Practice Management

Research
NIH Research Radio
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Science Magazine
Research at Chicago

Dental Medicine
American Dental Association Podcast Library