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Hi Terence, and all. We developed an appraisal instrument for health care websites which may be of interest. It's used as a way to rank hits on the UK Prostate Link website http://www.prostate-link.org.uk The instrument is at: http://www.prostate-link.org.uk/index.asp?o=1024 It performed well in a blind, independent comparison of the rankings. Might help sort the wheat from the chaff! Also, in the course of this project, we conducted many workshops, consultations and user studies. I'd be happy to discuss these with you if it would be of interest. cheers Douglas Simon Hatcher wrote: > > Hi Terence > > > > I think Allan House, Professor of Psychiatry at Leeds in the UK has > done this. We are also planning on doing it with some consumer/Maori > groups in Auckland. > > > > Cheers > > > > Simon > > > > Dr. Simon Hatcher > > Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry > > Department of Psychological Medicine > > Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences > > The University of Auckland > > Private Bag 92019 > > Auckland 1 > > New Zealand > > Telephone +64 9 373 7599 x86750 > > Fax +64 9 373 7493 > > > > Just say no to drug reps > > http://www.nofreelunch.org/ > > > > Website: www.shatcher.co.nz <http://www.shatcher.co.nz> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* Evidence based health (EBH) > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Terence > Harrison > *Sent:* Sunday, 20 April 2008 10:47 a.m. > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* EBM for patients project > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > At the Royal Melbourne Hospital we are about to commence a pilot > project whereby we provide a series of workshops for > patients/outpatients on accessing and evaluating evidence-based, > quality health websites; also, how to use the information on such > sites so as to be better informed about a particular long-term health > condition. Our first workshops will focus on diabetes. > > > > The project is jointly organised with the Cochrane Consumer Network. > Clinicians are involved at every stage of the project. An interim > report will be delivered via a presentation scheduled for the > Dreaming08 Health Libraries Australia Day in September at Alice Springs. > > > > If anyone knows of any similar projects to this, or has ideas that > might be of value to the project, by all means please post a response. > > > > Kind regards, > > Terence Harrison > > Clinical Librarian > > Royal Melbourne Hospital > -- Mr Douglas Badenoch Director, Minervation Ltd ------------------------- 23 Bonaly Grove Edinburgh EH13 0QB ------------------------- Tel: +44 131 441 4699 Web: www.minervation.com ------------------------- Minervation is a limited company registered in England and Wales Registered number: 4135916 VAT number: 792674384 Registered Office: Salter's Boat Yard, Folly Bridge, Abingdon Road, Oxford, OX1 4LB