From Snake Oil to Penicillin: Evaluating Consumer Health Information on the Internet
Course Description
This hands-on course will describe why it is important to evaluate websites. Participants will be given criteria for how to evaluate health information on the Internet.
Objectives
Learn how to evaluate health information sites on the internet using the following criteria:
- Accuracy
- Authority
- Bias
- Currency
- Coverage
Course Materials
- From Snake Oil to Penicillin Course Handouts
- From Snake Oil to Penicillin Course Outline
- From Snake Oil to Penicillin Course Script
- From Snake Oil to Penicillin Course Exercises
- From Snake Oil to Penicillin Course Powerpoint Presentation
Continuing Education
Upon successful completion of this class, each participant will receive 3 hours of continuing education credit awarded by the Medical Library Association (MLA). This course is on the list of approved courses for the MLA Consumer Health Specialization Program (http://www.mlanet.org/education/chc/index.html).
Samanthi Hewakapuge, Consumer Health Coordinator, samanthi@uic.edu, 312-996-7791
Dana Abbey, Consumer Health and Colorado Liaison, dana.abbey@ucdenver.edu, 303-724-2110
Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, Community Outreach Liaison, siobhan@creighton.edu, 402-280-4156
Barbara Jones, Network Membership and Missouri Liaison, jonesbarb@health.missouri.edu, 573-884-5042
Marty Magee, Nebraska and Education Liaison, mmagee@unmc.edu, 402-559-7076
Arpita Bose, Acting Associate Director; Outreach and Communications Coordinator, arpita.bose@med.nyu.edu, 212-263-4176
Sue Hunter, Planning & Evaluation Coordinator, sue.hunter@med.nyu.edu, 212-263-4179
Michelle Eberle, Consumer Health Information Coordinator, Michelle.Eberle@umassmed.edu, 508-856-2435
Maryanne Blake, Outreach/Evaluation Coordinator, blakema@u.washington.edu, 206-221-3405
Nikki Dettmar, Education and Assessment Coordinator, snydern@u.washington.edu, 206-543-3409
Gail Kouame, Consumer Health Coordinator, gmarie@u.washington.edu, 206-221-3449
Linda Milgrom, Outreach Coordinator, lmilgrom@u.washington.edu, 206-221-3400
Kay Deeney, Education Coordinator, kdeeney@library.ucla.edu, 310-206-0525
Kelli Ham, Consumer Health Coordinator, kkham@library.ucla.edu, 310-825-1984
Karen Vargas, Consumer Health Outreach Coordinator, karen.vargas@exch.library.tmc.edu, 713-799-7198
Terri Ottosen, Consumer Health Coordinator, tottosen@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
Sheila Snow-Croft, Outreach Education Coordinator, ssnowcro@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
Toni Yancey, Outreach Exhibits Coordinator, tyancey@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-2855
Author
Jo-Ann Benedetti MA, MLS, AHIP, Manager of Information and Outreach Services at the Upper Hudson Library System in Albany, NY.