Posted by willey on December 19, 2009, at 21:35:19
In reply to Re: I Remember when we always said ask your doc » willey, posted by Phillipa on December 19, 2009, at 20:46:55
I totally agree, however for the patients that are afraid of computer use by their doc, it becomes a doc's job as the preofessional to help calm their anziety about it and help them understand that it is more beneficial to them.
As far as your questions on searching, I have to admit I'm not sure exactly what you were referring to, however, if you were simply asking about some of the tips I gave you on using the search engine I'll post a few here.
1) on Google make sure you dont forget there is a 'Scholar' option that only show med information that has been studied and published
2) don't treat the engine like a pc. Instead, just speak to it as if you were asking a person a question. What will happen is the engine will pick up on keywords and you're likely to get back results that mainly include archived discussions on various retired and active boards that contain great information.
3) Google is soon to release (i think named Google Wave) a new feature in their browser. This will be in real time which basically means the reuslts returned will not be from 2008 or 2007, but will instead be up to date, even including your present day.
search engines are the heart to finding any answers which may exist. I recommend everyone learn as much as they can about how to use and minupulate them to get the most from their searches. Just as a side note, a good single word I have found is to include the work 'unconventional' in your med searches as it is the best way to find little known, but useful options and off;label treatments.
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