Internet for Health Professionals

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Internet for Health
Professionals

Introduction

Why connect
to the Internet?

What is on the
Internet?

Evaluating Web Resources

Finding what
you want

Encyclopedic Sites

Pathfinder Sites

Search
engines

Subject
Catalogues

Evaluated
Subject
Catalogues

Interactive
Learning

Discussion Lists
and
Newsgroups

What is on the Internet?

Example:

What information is available on effective treatment of Helicobacter pylori infections and stomach ulcers?

1. A full-text consensus statement from the National Institutes of Health on H. pylori in peptic ulcer disease.

http://text.nlm.nih.gov/nih/cdc/www/94.html

2. The Helicobacter pylori Foundation Home Page where you read about the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, look at a list of the most frequently asked questions and their answers, and participation in a discussion forum.

http://www.helico.com/

3. A list of current clinical trials that are currently taking place on H. pylori. Each trial cited details its nature and objective, and provides contact names and e-mail addresses where further information can be found.

http://www.centerwatch.com/studies/CAT76.HTM

4. A true/false self-assessment test on diagnosing H.pylori infections.

http://uhs.bsd.uchicago.edu/uhs/topics/helico.tf.html

5. A full text-article from the evidence based medicine journal Bandolier on the effectiveness of antibiotic regimens in eradicating H. pylori infections.

http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk:80/Bandolier/band12/b12-2.html

6. Endoscopic views of a man's stomach showing a bleeding duodenal ulcer. From this image you are asked to diagnose the condition, Helicobacter pylori gastritis.

http://www.gi.ucalgary.ca/endoquiz/29_Jun_1995.htm




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