MEDI INFO
The E-Mail News Letter of the
Medical Informatics Subcommittee of the SLMA
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Vol 1: No2: May 1997. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
IN THIS ISSUE
1.THIS MONTHS USEFUL LINKS
2.FAQs
3.FREE HELP THROUGH E-MAIL
4.COMPUTER COURSES
5.NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
6.USER SUPPORT
How to subscribe
How to unsubscribe
How to send a message to the editors
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1. THIS MONTHS USEFUL LINKS
Department of Anatomy Faculty of Medicine - Colombo http://infolanka.com/org/anatomy
Understanding WWW Search Tools http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/search/
Doctor's Guide to Allergies http://www.pslgroup.com/ ALLERGIES.HTM
Doctor's Guide to BREAST CANCER http://www.pslgroup.com/BREASTCANCER.HTM
PROBLEM BASED LEARNING SITE http://ddsdx.uthscsa.edu/pblist/pblisthome.html
Doctor's Guide to Depression http://www.pslgroup.com/DEPRESSION.HTM
Human Anatomy On-line http://www.innerbody.com/
HospitalWeb http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/hospitalweb.nclk
MEDICAL MATRIX - Postgraduate Medical Education http://www.slackinc.com/matrix/POSTGRAD.HTML
The British Council, Health: Post Graduate Medical Education In Briton http://www.britcoun.org/health/index.htm
Universities-USA http://www.collegenet.com/
Birth Research Unit Kandy http://www.naresa.ac.lk/other/birth/brnintro.htm
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2.FAQs
As announced last week FAQs will be compiled based on questions asked by subscribers to Medi Info. Send your questions to vajiradx@sri.lanka.net
a) Is there a possibilty of changing fonts to improve readability?
The fonts of the e-mail news letter can not be set by us...the editors. It has to be done by the recipient at his/her end.
Find out how to change the screen font of your e-mail software and change it as you wish to suite your needs. Keep the font size at 10 or 11 at maximum so that the lines won't wrap down.
b) What is the best browser ? Everything you need is to know is at:
http://www.browsers.com/
your browser can dosen't support frams and animations then, then you are missing a lot. Upgrade Now !
c) Tell me something about portable computers.
You can read the comparison of eight high-end ultralights and see reviews of the Compaq Armada, IBM ThinkPad 560, and more at:
http://www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/Ultportables/?dd
d) Tell me another e-mail news letter to subscribe to:
There are many. Try MedPlus first. Next month well tell you the whole lot. MedPlus is the sent weekly weekly to all registered users of Medscape. Register at MedScape to get the news letter by visiting
http://www.medscape.com/
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3. HELP THROUGH E-MAIL...FREE OFFER
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"Congratulations on launching medi info........I happen to be an ace trouble shooter across the platforms. I can fix Dos,Windows, Novell, Windows NT problems and is also an expert on internet, e-mail Modems, Network Cards, Printers, Scanners and the entire line other than SCSI based items.
If any of your subscribers or members have problems on any of the above items, I can help them via e-mail. I prefer to do this on an e-mail basis as I have very little free time right now. If you wish, you can pass my mail address to your subscribers. I may also be in a position to help them out by sending our engineers or software guys if necessary (of course it will be charged). As long as we stick to e-mail, it will be all FREE."
If you are interested contact email asokaj@sri.lanka.net
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.COMPUTER COURSES
A special course for doctors on making presentations in Power Point has been arranged with the collaboration of IDM Interactive Training Division - Duplication Rd, Colombo 3.(This is a new place, not the old IDM at Visaka Rd) For details and fixing your class contact Mr. Harish Dissanayake - Manger, 584694.
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5.NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
SLMA Guest Lecture 'Informatics and the Physician of the Future' Professor Michael Kidd MBBS (Melbourne), MD (Monash), DCCH (Flinders), DipRACOG, FRACGP on Wednesday 7th May, at 1215 hrs, at SLMA.
The SAARC Family Physicians Conference will be held from the 2 - 8th May. The computer workshop-3rd Saturday from 13.30 to 15.30 at the British Council Conducted by Shyam Fernando & Kumara Mendis 'Hands on experience with the Net' Only for registrants More information from the office of the General Practitioners
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6.USER SUPPORT
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