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I need more information! …or do I?. GP4 – Nov 2001. Information – your questions. What is information? Where can I find information? How good is the information? How can I share information? How can I present information?. Homework. Each participant:
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I need more information!…or do I? GP4 – Nov 2001
Information – your questions • What is information? • Where can I find information? • How good is the information? • How can I share information? • How can I present information?
Homework Each participant: 1) To think about a tutorial or series of tutorials they would like to work on for their current or future registrars that is about or makes significant use of IT. 2) To think about a presentation they would like to be able to give. 3) To bring a significant clinical question (or two) they would like to research the answer to. 4) To bring along any resources, ideas, materials for sharing with the group (good and bad)
Priorities • For you? • For your group? • For your VTS? • For your practice? • For your registrar? GP4 is very flexible
Information from GP4 • The output from GP4 will be made available on the GP4 website at; http://www.snainton.u-net.com/GP4/ • We hope to build a set of informatics resources at this site that you will find useful. • The IER is available at; http://128.240.23.108/eprval/
Information – where do I start? • An example topic – audit • What resources are available? • Practice audits, clinical governance reports, registrar projects, NHSnet, , NeLH, internet? • How can I access this stuff? • How can I assess the quality of the information I find? • The IER as a portal…
Information – go for it! • Review your priorities • What questions does this group have? • Use the information systems to try and answer your questions • Think how you will share your findings with your group & the other groups? • How will you share the findings more widely?
Information from group A • Searching for information • A few useful links, literature searches • Great sites – good fun/interesting/useful • May not be medical web sites • Retrieving information • Favourites & history file • Information for patients • NHS Direct, NeLH
Information from group B • Searching for information • Literature searches • Search engines • Building a library of links • Using the history file to revisit links • Using favourites • Making web pages with useful links
Information from group C • Develop a practice intranet • Training, notice board, practice admin, clinical resources (with links to internal & external resources), personal/personnel info • Training page with useful links from that page > could be web-based, or practice-based (e.g. useful presentations etc.)
Information from all the groups • A collection of web-based resources that we have found useful. • The PRODIGY website • Google search engine • Microsoft NHS Deal • Fortune City • embarrassing problems • And many more…