Impact of Internet on Vascular Surgery

Mr. Mohamed Omar El-Farok M.Sc, FRCS

Vascular Surgery & The Internet

Aim of the presentation .

• What is the internet ?• Is it useful to vascular surgeon ?• Vascular benefits of the internet .• 15 tops how to benefit from the

internet• Conclusion

1968 : APRANET network for military research by DAPRA(Defense Advanced Research Project Agency 1972 The first E mail program . 1983 : Internet Activity Board I.A.B created 1992 : WWW Released by DERN .

History of the Internet ?

Internet Usage Growth

Anatomy of the internet :

(1)Watch Vascular operations

(2)Enjoy Vascular Duplex lectures

(3)Be the most up-to-date surgeon

(4)Be the most Evidence Based surgeon

(5)Have the best practice in hand

(6) Improve your clinical skills

• Medical information doubling time is 5 years .

• If you read textbooks you are 4 years old • If you read papers you are 2 years old • If you attend meetings you are 1 year old • If you are connected to the net you are

on the cutting edge of development .

(7)Vascular Surgery

(8)Join a Vascular Group

(9) Be informed about Vascular Surgery

What can it does for vascular surgeon ?

• Communicate with colleagues by e- mail.• Get surgical advise on line • Get surgical training courses .• Get vascular product information's• Attend virtual congress

How can hospitals benefit from internet :

• Get consultant lead service .• Get better communication .• Lesser hospital admission .• Better surgical performance .• Better Audit facilities • Better patient communication

(Nottingham experience )

(10) Hospital benefit

(11)www.endovascular.org

(12)Vascular paper search

• Use single magazine as JVS .• Use a database of multiple magazines • Use a library search engine • Use a publisher search engine as science-direct • Use a national search engine as Athens • Use a global search engine as Hinari

(13)Vascular Search Engine

• Every search engine have a certain characteristics and advantages and disadvantages

• Google is not a bad search engine for medical literature

HINARI (Health Internetwork Access to Research Initiative)

• Online portal to publishers• Coordinated by WHO/Yale University, USA• Free/Low cost to 113 countries• Over 5000 journals / 120 publishers• Medicine and health• 2903 institutions• Data: 06 2008

The “Scientific Publications” area of the website

Accessing journals by title 1

Accessing journals by title 2

A page appears containing all the journals beginning with L.

(14)E mail alert

• Very powerful tool .• Just put your interest as popliteal access and

you will receive all new articles to your e mail • You can put as many e mail alert as you wish

(15)Improved patient contact

• Advise on line • Patient follow-up• On line answer ypur patient

questions .• Each of us should have a web page

Save your presentation

• Use youtube to save your presentation in realtime with voice

• Save all your presetations on Google Presetation open document

In conclusion Mr. Chairman

Vascular Surgery & The Internet

Heart of a lion

Hands of a fine lady

Eye of a tiger

Computer skills as bill Gates

A Good Surgeon

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