The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals

by Sydney Chellen

Overview

Health and social care services are responsible for the delivery of skilled and high-quality care to their patients and clients. Nowhere are these objectives more important than in the fields of nursing, midwifery, radiography, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, health promotion, and social work. And one important quality standard in health care is evidence-based information and best practice. The Internet is a subject on which many people are, let’s face it, blissful innocents. I urge you to take the Internet seriously and to discover what is most relevant and useful for your practice – The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals is a practical means towards that end.

The second edition contains new information to help you find your way around the Internet and updates the original book with more detail on the clear framework of the original edition. It’s a how-to book to get you going and save you time – a guide to those parts of cyberspace that provide particularly relevant evidence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415305570
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/01/2003
Edition description:	Student
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sydney S. Chellen is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health, Canterbury Christ Church University College. He currently leads information technology teaching for students on diploma, degree and other postgraduate programmes.

Table of Contents

Introduction Who should use this book? How is this book structured? Icons used, Conventions used, How to use this book, Some assumptions, What will you achieve? Overview of the units in this book. Unit 1 Health and the net- an overview Unit 2 Getting online Unit 3 The world Wide Web Unit 4 Finding health information on the Internet Unit 5 Communicating with other health professionals by e-mail Unit 6 Joining health discussion groups, mailing lists etc Unit 7 The gateway to free health and medical resources Unit 8 Publishing on the World Wide Web Unit 9 Online help with your health studies and job search; Twelve big questions and answers.

Editorial Reviews

A photocopiable resource for teachers and a self-instructional guide for students, showing how to get online, navigate the Web, find health information on the Internet, and communicate with other health professionals. Gives instructions on accessing free health and medical resources, publishing on the Web, using the Web for help with assignments, and searching for jobs. Each unit contains step-by-step instructions for activities, plus photocopiable worksheets. Chellan teaches research and information technology at Canterbury Christ Church University College. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

Viewed against such exacting standards I have to concede, albeit reluctantly, that this book passes the test "“almost with flying colours. The author, a senior lecturer at Christ Church College, Canterbury, introduces a wide range of educational uses of the internet, from getting online and searching for information to creating your own web pages. Andrew Booth Healthmatters

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