Cabrillo College Library

This is a draft of a hypothetical curriculum module. It contains references to certain services (e.g., Information Literacy mini-courses) not yet offered by the Library.


In doing this exercise, you will create a basic Web page that links to resources useful for a medical office intranet.

This exercise requires that you

  • use a basic Web page composing tool (e.g., Netscape Page Composer or equivalent)
  • know how to connect to the Internet
  • know how to do basic researching using electronic resources, and Internet search engines

If you are unsure about any of these skills, talk with a librarian at the Reference Desk, and/or sign up for the appropriate Library Information Literacy mini-course(s) you need.

 

An intranet is a computer network that is internal to an organization. The main purpose of an intranet is to share Internet and computing resources among employees. In this exercise, you will construct a Web page as a prototype for an intranet homepage at a medical office.

  1. Start a Web page.
  2. Put your name and MY OFFICE INTRANET (or something similar) at the top.
  3. Key in headings for the 10 categories listed in the table below.
  4. For each of the categories, search for and select Web sites.
  5. Most of the categories have some suggested sites, but you will want to select additional ones.
  6. To get to a list of Web search engines, go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage and click on Search the Internet.
  7. You will want to select quality Internet resources for theWeb page for your medical office intranet. Review Evaluating Internet Resources (from University of Maryland).

The purpose is to gather together good Internet resources that are handy to have readily available to those who work in your medical office.

If you need to review the basics of using a simple Web editor, refer to Building a Web Page using Page Composer. Follow the directions there to get comfortable with the mechanics of starting a Web page, putting in links, and adding text. If you are unsure as to how to use Internet search engines to do focused searching, or are unsure about how to critically evaluate Internet resources, ask a librarian at the Reference Desk for assistance, and/or sign up for the appropriate Information Literacy mini-course offered by the library.

GENERAL REFERENCE RESOURCES English dictionary; Spanish dictionary; Zip codes; Area codes SUPPLIERS Medical Forms
MEDICAL REFERENCE Medical Dictionary; RxList; Prescription abbreviations CODING ICD-9-CM Central Off.
COMMERCIAL SITES WorkSmartDoc; Coding news LOCAL CLINICS & HOSPITALS Santa Cruz Medical Clinic
GOVERNMENT HCFA; Medicare; Medi-cal INSURANCE Blue Cross/Blue Shield of CA
MEDICAL ASSISTANTS American Association of Medical Assistants TRAVEL Airlines; Hotels; Car rentals

Save your MY OFFICE INTRANET to disk and turn it into your instructor.

Topsy N. Smalley 8/00