title: Medical undergraduates using the Internet as an information technology teaching tool.
abstract: The use of the Internet as an information resource is increasingly becoming useful as a tool for educators, government, and business sectors alike. The potential to deliver educational material to medical students via the Internet at any time or location is now a realistic option. Medical Informatics is a compulsory subject for all medical students at Monash University. Monash Medical Informatics (MMI), the body responsible for this teaching, considers the use and understanding of Internet resources an important component in the students overall understanding of information technology. Furthermore, the Faculty of Medicine at Monash has, as part of its mission statement, the desire to provide a sophisticated range of information technology resources to its students. his poster will show how the Unit of Medical Informatics teaches medical undergraduates to use the Internet. It will also illustrate some of the technical aspects in the establishment and efficient running of such a student facility.
authors.affiliation: Monash University, Unit of Medical Informatics, 867 Centre Road East Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia 3165.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hartney
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cesnik
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003200:Computer User Training / Q000379:methods; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D014739:Victoria