The Internet and the oral healthcare professionals: potential and challenges of a new era

Mattheos, N (2007). The Internet and the oral healthcare professionals: potential and challenges of a new era. International journal of dental hygiene, 5(3), pp. 151-7. Frederiksberg (DK): Wiley 10.1111/j.1601-5037.2007.00248.x

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The Internet is increasingly used as a means of continuous education for healthcare practitioners. At the same time, a rapidly growing number of patients rely on the Internet for the search and acquisition of healthcare-related information and services. This fact has introduced new challenges for the oral healthcare personnel, which must not only often face the misperceptions of ill-informed patients but also be able to redirect them to quality sources of healthcare-related information. Consequently, there is a great need for the whole oral healthcare team to further understand the potential and dangers of Internet-based information. The present paper aimed to briefly discuss the major implications of Internet use from two distinct points of view: (a) potential and risks of Internet use for lifelong learning and quality assessment of the oral healthcare team and (b) potential and dangers from the Internet as a means of patients' education. (1) generic Internet search; (2) search within healthcare-related databases; and (3) principles quality assessment of information and resources.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Periodontology
UniBE Contributor:	Mattheos, Nikolaos
ISSN:	1601-5029
Publisher:	Wiley
Language:	English
Submitter:	Eveline Carmen Schuler
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:54
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:17
Publisher DOI:	10.1111/j.1601-5037.2007.00248.x
PubMed ID:	17615024
Web of Science ID:	000084612400002
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/23209 (FactScience: 40594)