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Public Courses

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ASLIB TRAINING: PUBLIC COURSES (BUSINESS & OFFICIAL INFORMATION SOURCES)

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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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22 March 2007
24 October 2007
- Cancelled

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Course Director:
Betsy Anagnostelis

Time:
09.45 - 16.30

Your investment:
£260 plus VAT (£305.50) Aslib corporate members
£325 plus VAT (£381.88) Non members

A previous delegate has said: "The trainer was excelletn, very clear. Plenty of opportunity for questions."

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