Health Sciences
Tutoring
The Learning Centre is here to support you while you are in any of the health science program or courses at VCC. If you like one-on-one tutoring assistance, speak to the tutors at the Downtown campus. You can also ask questions by email using our webform, or via our online tutoring service.
Study Resources
At the Downtown Learning Centre, we have several reference books and audio resources available for in-centre use and a selection of handouts to help you. The Library has also prepared a Health & Dental subject guide, with links to many online and print resources.
Links
| Dosage Calculations for Nurses | This web site is designed for nursing students and any health care providers desiring to learn more about medication calculations and practice a variety of clinical dosage calculations. This site teaches dosage calculations based on Dimensional Analysis. |
| Health Canada | Information on healthy living, health care, diseases and conditions, health protection, etc. |
Medical Mnemonics |
If your memory is as bad as mine, then this site is for you. Cool methods for remembering anatomy, physiology, health sciences, etc ... |
| Medicine Net | Information on various diseases and conditions, symptoms and signs, procedures and tests, and medications, plus MedTerm Medical dictionary online. |
| MedLine Plus | Using animated graphics each tutorial explains a procedure or condition in easy-to-read language. You can also listen to the tutorial. |
| Merck Online | Library of medical terms with audio files to help with pronunciation. |
Links (Dental Science)
| Dental Health (MedLinePlus) |
Denture health links by the MedLinePlus people |
| Dental Hygiene Links |
500+ dental hygiene links by the Dental Hygiene Education people |
| Dentures (MedLinePlus) |
Denture links by the MedLinePlus people |
| Martindale's Virtual Dental Health Centre |
Dental atlases, courses, textbooks, lectures, procedures, cases, videos, etc ... |
Worksheets
You may also find some worksheets in the general science and biology sections to be useful.
| Topic | Worksheet Title | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomy and Physiology - Blood | Broadway | ||
| Anatomy and Physiology - Digestive System | Broadway | ||
| Anatomy and Physiology - Endocrine System | Broadway | ||
| Anatomy and Physiology - Respiratory System | Broadway | ||
| Anatomy and Physiology - Urinary System | Broadway | ||
| Clinical Charting Examples (1) | Broadway | ||
| Clinical Charting Examples (2) | Broadway | ||
| Pharmacology Math Review for LPN Students | Broadway |