The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals

There is a wealth of health information on the Internet. Today’s students of health studies and all health care professionals must be able to use this valuable resource and extract from it what is most relevant and useful.

There is a wealth of health information on the Internet. Today’s students of health studies and all health care professionals must be able to use this valuable resource and extract from it what is most relevant and useful. In order for them to do this purposefully and skilfully, they need to have a thorough understanding of how the system works and have the ability to navigate their way around it with ease. The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals is a superb photocopiable resource for lecturers and a self instructional guide for students. It shows students how to: get online; navigate the World Wide Web; find health information on the Internet; communicate with other health professionals; access free health and medical resources; publish on the web; use online help with health studies assignments; search for jobs. Each unit contains easy-to-follow activities and photocopiable worksheets.