Start Here

Review this tutorial, try the quizzes as you go to check your understanding, then complete and submit the assignment prior to beginning your second module of study with Oceania University of Medicine.

This tutorial can also be used as a sampler of useful medical internet sites, or to understand the range of information available to you in electronic form or to improve your searching and research skills in general.

The philosophy of OUM is that our graduates will be lifelong learners, a necessity to keep up with the continuing growth in medical knowledge and techniques.

How to use this tutorial

This tutorial is designed as a series of web pages. You can jump around to particular sections that interest you using the navigation panel.

If you find resources you’d like to return to, bookmark them in your web browser so it will be easy to find them again without losing your place in the tutorial.

The sections of this tutorial are:

• Start Here
• What resources are there?
• Searching skills
• Evaluating Internet sites
• Web site issues
• How to reference sites
• Assignment

Select from the panel on the left to jump to a particular section.