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BMJ 2006;332:370 (11 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.370

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The outstanding Oxford University based Bandolier site has pulledtogether many articles about atrial fibrillation and heart failureat www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/AF.html. The linksare laid out in a logical manner under headings such as incidence,prevention, treatment, and costs and consequences. At the bottomof the page are links to external sources.
The Departmentof Clinical Pharmacology at Christchurch Hospital,New Zealand,has provided a lovely interactive learning facilitythat usesMacromedia Flash (www.icp.org.nz). The InteractiveClinicalPharmacology site takes a little while to load as thegraphicsdescribing each of the 13 tutorials spring into life.The tutorialsare elegant and easy to follow. In each, someminimal introductorytext accompanies a graphic that can bemanipulated to describea variety of pharmacological scenarios.These include drug clearance,volume of distribution, and drugsin pregnancy. They are funand are ideal for undergraduates,but others may use . . . [Full text of this article]