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Health
& Medical Information on the Internet
Programme
Features
- Overview
of network essentials
- what
is the Internet today?
- what
can it be used for?
- what
range of tools do you need to access and use networked
information comfortably?
- how
can you make the most of your World Wide Web browser?
- Introduction
to health and medical networked information
- the
benefits of electronic mail communication
- the
pervasiveness of health and medical information
- managing
the information deluge
- exploring
quality issues
- Finding
health and medical information on the Internet
- starting
points for exploration
- search
tools and how to make the most of them
- developing
search strategies
Why you
should attend:
Those attending the course will already have access to
the Internet and will have a basic familiarity with its
workings. The course emphasises the skills necessary to
identify health and medical resources of value to participants
in their work environment. Practical, interactive sessions
occupy the major part of the course, allowing participants
to sample a wide range of health and medical networked
information resources and to develop flexible navigational
skills and search strategies. A key theme of the day is
to explore means by which the richness of the Internet
can be harnessed to complement and enhance working practices.
On completing
the course, you will:
- be aware
of the breadth of available health and medical networked
information resources
- appreciate
the value of Internet-accessible health and medical
information to your work
- have confidence
in assessing the quality of information available on
the Internet for your own needs
- develop
skills to help you explore fully and to best advantage
the richness of the Internet
- develop
a full range of techniques to search for, access and
use health and medical networked information resources
- develop
strategies to exploit to best effect the potential of
the Internet in your own work environment
- know how
to keep up-to-date with new developments
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