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.

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.

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals is a superb photocopiable resource for lecturers. Each chapter contains easy-to-follow activities and photocopiable worksheets.

Providing a practical introduction to learning, researching, and communicating by implementing the wealth of information available to health professionals on the internet. A concise and uncomplicated guide shows readers how to access, interpret, and apply information from the often intimidating world of the internet. This new text is essential in the ever-changing modern world of medicine.

Designed to support students, this book gives practical advice and provides guidance on developing skills and attitudes for successful online learning within health and social care.