Mapping Health on the Internet

Citation

(2002), "Mapping Health on the Internet", International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 15 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhcqa.2002.06215eae.007

Mapping Health on the Internet

Mapping Health on the Internet

Scrivener, R.2002Radcliffe Medical PressISBN 1 85775 593 6

Information is vital for health care professionals striving to keep their practice current and based on the best available evidence. The Internet is playing an increasingly crucial role in lifelong learning of health professionals and is becoming the most practical way to access publications on clinical guidelines, systematic reviews, and for updating users about the key aspects of health policy.

This book covers the diversity and variable value of material available on the Internet and takes a fresh approach to coping with information overload. It illustrates how simple techniques such as making and using smart maps, concept maps and mind maps can help clinicians keep up to date, and how these methods can be applied to particular areas of health care. It provides numerous case studies in key areas including mental health, child health, primary care and care of the elderly.