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Introduction to Public Health Resources and Online Resources Evaluation Skills
These are tools for a peer taught class that is lead by a instructor knowledgeable in the areas covered in the class (online public health resources and website evaluation). With over 17,000 online websites (Pew Internet & American Life: Online life Report http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Health_Report.pdf) with health related content the class emphasizes the importance for website evaluation. There is a evaluation of the Partners in Information Access for the Public Health Workforce website that acts as a brief overview of the resource. Learning Objectives: 1) learn how to quickly evaluate online resources (content, currency, audience, purpose, navigation, special features, type of information, evidence based/quality, etc) 2) receive an overview of http://phpartners.org by instructor 3) receive an overview of several online resources that have public health resources. 4) be exposed to presenting to the entire class and express critical thinking in a short amount of time.
- Keywords
- online; public health; website evaluation
- Languages
- English
- Contents
- Consumer Health
- Public Health
- Internet/World Wide Web
- Formats
- Class
- Handout
- Manual
- Audiences
- Information Professionals
- Health Professionals
- Public
- Contacts
- Bramble, John : Author
- Le Ber, Jeanne : Author
- Publication Date:
- July 1, 2008
This record was added on September 9, 2008 and last modified on October 19, 2008.