LibGuides: Finding Medical & Health Films/Images: General Medicine Resources

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Reminder: Finding Copyright Information

Check the Website for Permissions! Many of these allow free use; many have specific requirements. Make sure to check each image from each site before using it.

For a comprehensive list of websites that provide free, open-access images, please visit the LibGuide Images for Reuse.

Point of Care Image Resources

AccessMedicine
Medical and basic science textbooks from McGraw-Hill; thousands of images, videos and illustrations; interactive self-assessment; case files for medical students; time-saving diagnostic and point-of-care tools; etc.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Red Book : the report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases (AAP)
Resource from the AAP offering vaccine information & schedules; pediatric infectious disease image collection; information and images on the manifestations, etiology, epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of more than 200 childhood infectious diseases; etc. Includes access to the 2015 Spanish edition, the Libro Rojo.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
Access: English,Spanish
VisualDx
A point-of-care visual diagnostic clinical decision support system including more than 17,000 dermatology, oral pathology, ophthalmology, public health, drug reaction, and other images; differential builder, travel info, mobile app available. Enter a travel destination to see all currently endemic diseases and/or outbreaks.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

Medical Image Resources

AccessEmergencyMedicine
McGraw-Hill's collection of emergency medicine textbooks; multimedia; interactive self-assessment; case files; diagnostic and point-of-care tools; patient education documents; with an integrated drug database.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.
e-Anatomy
This anatomy reference & teaching tool displays labeled body parts using multiple imaging modalities (MRI, CT) in a sequential, slice by slice manner. Clinical cases are available.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

MedEdPORTAL
From AAMC, a free peer-reviewed publication service and repository for medical and oral health teaching materials, assessment tools, and faculty development resources. Mix of resources, including images, pamphlets and films.
NIH Photo Galleries
From the National Institutes of Health, links to Institute image banks and resources
PEIR:Pathology Education Instructional Resource Digital LIbrary
A multidisciplinary public access image database for use in medical education, from the University of Alabama

Primal Anatomy.tv
General & regional anatomical modules including 3D views, clinical text, dissection slides and videos, MRI correlations, biomechanics animations, and self-quizzes; includes focii on Head & Neck, Dental, Spine, Hand & Shoulder, Knee, Abdomen & Thorax, Clinical & Surgical Anatomy, Sports Anatomy, Anatomy Trains for massage, Pelvic Floor, Chiropractic & Acupuncture, etc.

Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

National Library of Medicine Digital Collections
Various collections curated and digitized by the NLM featuring biomedical texts, films, images, and maps.
MedPix® by the National Library of Medicine
A free, open-access database of nearly 60,000 images curated by the NLM.
Popular Medicine in America, 1800-1900
Collection of primary source documents from advertising and other popular press images demonstrating the history of popular remedies and treatments in nineteenth century America; including contemporary trends such as phrenology, herbal medicines, hydrotherapy, other folk medicines, early dentistry, pharmaceutical production and drug sales materials, and more. Images and research drawn from the collections at the Library Company of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.