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Meetings/Professional Development

Related Organizations

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Literature Sources

Search Tools

• Research & Development Resource Base (RDRB), University of Toronto
• Searching the Medical Education Literature, Society for Academic CME (SACME)
• Tools For the Researcher, SACME
• Turning Research Into Practice (TRIP) Database
• SACME Newsletters & Selected Journals

Journals

• Academic Medicine
• American Journal of Medical Quality
• American Journal of Managed Care
• BMJ Journals
• Disease Management
• International Journal for Quality in Health Care
• Journal of Adult and Continuing Education
• Journal of American Medical Association
• Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions
• Medical Education
• Medical Teacher
• Quality and Safety in Health Care
• Teaching and Learning in Medicine
• What's in the Literature?

Definitions, Concepts and Models

• Accredited CME Provider Resources, American Medical Association
• CME Glossary of Terms, Alliance for CME
• Glossaries for Medical Education & Health, SACME
• Glossary of Terms in Knowledge Translation and Continuing Education, Knowledge Translation Program in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• UN Millennium Development Goals Documents, United Nations
• Envisioning the National Health Care Quality Report, Institute of Medicine
• Research Findings, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

Grant Preparation Resources

Online

• Description of the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Grant Application Basics, NIH
• Quick Guide for Grant Applications, National Cancer Institute

Books and Monographs

• Barber, Daniel M. Finding Funding: The Comprehensive Guide to Grant Writing. 2nd ed. Long Beach: Bond, 2002.
• Foundation Center. National guide to funding in health. 9th ed. Foundation Center, 2005.
• Geever, Jane C. The Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing. 5th ed. Foundation Center, 2007.
• Gerin, William. Writing the NIH grant proposal: a step-by-step guide. Sage Publications, Inc, 2006.
• Grants for Science Education, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Office of Grants and Special Programs
• Miller, Patrick W. Grant writing: strategies for developing winning proposals. 2nd ed. Patrick W. Miller & Associates, 2002.

Funding: United States

Search Tools

• Community of Science (COS) Funding Opportunities
• Federal Grants
• Foundation Directory Online (FOS) (Subscription required)
• Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS)
• The Foundation Centre - "Finding Funders"
• The Grantmanship Program

Individual Funding Agencies

• AAMC Grants and Awards
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• CDC Cooperative Agreement Funding Opportunities, 2008 Potential Extramural Projects (PEPs)
  • Research PEPs
  • Non-research PEPs
• National Institute of Health (NIH) (Including CTSA Awards)
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
• Society for Academic CME Research Grants
• The John A. Hartford Foundation
• The Macy Foundation
• The Pew Charitable Trusts
• The Rockefeller Foundation

Funding: Canada

Search Tools

• Knowledge Translation Program in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Individual Funding Agencies

• Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• Health Canada
• Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
• National Cancer Institute of Canada
• National Research Council (NRC)
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
• Networks of Centres of Excellence
• Ontario Centres of Excellence
• The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
• The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)