COMPUTERS IN OBTAINING EVIDENCE

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COMPUTERS IN OBTAINING EVIDENCE
HAMDI AKAN, M.D.
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AIM and OBJECTIVE

• To realize that computers and online sources are
  very important in obtaining reliable data
  (evidence) in medicine
• To show there is huge amount of medical data on
  Internet
• To realize that sources can be found in an
  organised manner on Internet

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STEPS OF PROVIDING EVIDENCE IN MEDICINE

• 1. Conducting the research

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STEPS OF PROVIDING EVIDENCE IN MEDICINE

• 2. Evaluating the data

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STEPS OF PROVIDING EVIDENCE IN MEDICINE

• 3. Making the results available to society

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DISTRIBUTION OF RESULTS

• HARDCOPY
• Medical Journals, books, newsletters, reports,
  newspapers, clinical or laboratory guides,
  encyclopedias
• 2. DIGITAL COPY
• CD-ROM, PDA, LAN, Intranet, Internet (www, ftp)

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MAKING EVIDENCE AVAILABLE TO MEDICAL SOCIETY
MEDICAL JOURNALS
MEDICAL TEXTBOOKS OR IMAGE ATLAS
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MEDICAL CD-ROMS
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MEDICAL JOURNALS ON THE WEB
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www.thd.org.tr
www.tjh.com.tr
www.freemedicaljournals.com
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MEDICAL INDEXESMedical journals organised in an
index
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.com
www.embase.com
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MEDICAL TEXTBOOKS ON THE WEB
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www.merckmedicus.com
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MEDICAL IMAGES
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medocs.ucdavis.edu
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THE USE OF MAILSERVERSe-mails as a source
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ONLINE LIBRARIES
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www.ulakbim.gov.tr
www.ankara.edu.tr/kutuphane/e_kutuphane.html
www.update-software.com/Cochrane/default.HTM
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COLLECTED RESOURCES

• Topic Spesific
• Medical Societies and Associations
• American Society of Microbiology
• Turkish Society of Radiology
• Patient groups
• General
• Medical web sites
• Sites for Public Health

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www.asmusa.org
www.thd.org.tr
www.docguide.com
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www.epocrates.com
PDA-Personal digital assistant
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