title: [The Internet in medicine].
abstract: Internet is a global computer network that connects numerous smaller computer networks. During the last several years Internet has become enormously popular and the number of users in the world has increased to 30 million. Internet is now a major tool for sharing computers resources and for communication between individuals and scientific institutions. Internet also contains enormous quantities of medical information and knowledge. During the last several years, many new sites have emerged on the Internet, offering exciting and useful information on medical practice, research, decision support, and education. This article describes the history of the Internet, the various ways of connecting to it and some of the tolls particularly useful for medical doctors. This article provides a tutorial how to access the important medical resources that Internet offers to the clinicians, teachers, and researcher. Also this article will provide description of access, structure and contents of the two World Wide Web locations. BioMedNet is a location designed for biomedical research. It was chosen because of its exceptional quality and importance for researchers. The second described location is CHORUS, developed for continuing education in radiology.
authors.affiliation: Zavod za histologiju i embriologiju, Medicinski fakultet Sveucilista u Zagrebu, PAK, KB Firule, Split.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sapunar
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cambj-Sapunar
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks
vernacular_title: Internet u medicini.