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Tutorial 2—Trainer's Guide
One hour session
Audience
Health information consumers
Subject
Using HealthInfoIowa, MEDLINEplus, and other recommended resources to find and make use of reliable consumer health information
Topics
- Consumer health information
- What it is
- How it can be used
- Evaluating the quality of consumer health information in print and electronic sources
- Evaluative criteria
- Searching for information using generic tools
- Quality filtered information resources
- The HealthInfoIowa web site
- Purpose
- Contents
- Effective use
- MEDLINEplus
- Purpose
- Contents
- Effective use
- Sharing consumer health information with healthcare providers
- Additional resources
- Services offered by Iowa libraries
- Services offered by the State Library of Iowa
General Purpose
To demonstrate how individuals can locate and evaluate consumer health information, focusing on resources available from MEDLINEplus and HealthInfoIowa.
Behavioral Objectives
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- differentiate between reliable consumer health information, patient education information, and anecdotal data;
- use the Health on the Internet (HON) Code principles and/or other established guidelines to evaluate at least one source of consumer health information on the World Wide Web;
- use (or explain how they plan to go about using) MEDLINEplus, HealthInfoIowa, and other selected resources to locate information on at least one topic that they have identified as being relevant to their health information needs;
- discuss a positive strategy for integrating consumer health information found in print and non-print resources into their overall health plan when the information is for personal use; and,
- identify at least two means of acquiring or borrowing consumer health information materials from Iowa libraries.
Resources
Equipment
Required:
- Computer with active Internet connection and recent version of Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape
- Computer projector with necessary connecting cables
- Power source
- Projection surface
Recommended:
- Computer laboratory with active Internet connections and recent version of Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape on all computers used
- Whiteboard with appropriate marker, blackboard with chalk, or easel with writing pad (or one large sheet of paper fastened to wall surface) and marker
Participant packets
- Folder from State Library, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, or National Library of Medicine
- Medspeak brochure published by the Medical Library Association (available for purchase or online from the MLA home page at http://www.mlanet.org)
- Print copies
- Training tutorial (PDF version)
- HealthInfoIowa main web site pages
- MEDLINEplus home page and Health Topics pages
- HONcode Site-Checker
- List of supplementary resources customized to audience group (optional)
- Pre- and post-session assessment forms
- Note paper and pen or pencil
Trainer Resources
- Outdated medical book to use as prop
- Attendance sheet
- Presenter reporting form
Online Resources to Bookmark
Teaching/Learning Activities
1. As participants enter the room, ask them to sign the attendance sheet and complete pre-session assessment forms. Stress that:
- Information is being gathered to evaluate and improve the program.
- Providing name and address is optional but helpful.
- HealthInfoIowa evaluation staff will retain names and addresses only until the follow-up evaluations are mailed.
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2. Introduce presenters and HealthInfoIowa project. Ask participants to keep in mind the health information need they identified in the pre-session assessment. Ask participants either to ask questions as they arise or to wait until a certain point in the session to ask questions—whichever you feel will work best in the given situation.
3. Talk about what consumer health information is and how it may be used. Ask participants what concerns them about online health information. If you have a display board (blackboard, whiteboard, easel with paper pad) available, list concerns. Address concerns during the session.
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4. If you have an outdated medical book, tear out a few pages in class. Ask participants if they would use the health information in the torn out pages. Why? Why not? Ask why people are willing and sometimes eager to believe what they see on the Web. Use a site like Dr. Hulda Clark's [http://www.drclark.ch] and the AltaVista heart attack example in the handout to illustrate possible pitfalls (unreliable information, overwhelming search results).
5. Go online to show the About Online Health Information page. Ask participants to follow along in their handouts. Go through the page, emphasizing the Health On the Net (HON) Foundation Principles and the HONcode Site-Checker.
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6. Go to the following HealthInfoIowa pages and talk briefly about what is included in each section:
- Iowa Health Resources
- General Health Resources
- For Students
- Tutorials
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7. Return to the General Health Resources page. Call attention to MEDLINEplus. Using either the heart attack search illustrated in the handout or an "on the fly" search on a topic identified during the pre-session assessment, demonstrate the use of the MEDLINEplus Health Topics feature.
8. Suggest that participants take the MEDLINEplus Tour at a later time to learn more about MEDLINEplus and two additional tools: PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov.
:50
9. Talk about using local public and/or health sciences libraries and State Library of Iowa services.
10. Ask participants to complete post-assessment forms. Ask them to respond to a brief follow-up survey if they are contacted (30 to 60 days following the session).
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Evaluation: [pdf]
- Pre-session self-assessment
- Post-session assessment
- Follow-up survey mailed to randomly selected participants 30-60 days following session
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