Welcome to module 7: MedlinePlus Drugs and Supplements, Medical Encyclopedia
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SET-UP ACTIVITY Pass out Handout 7C: Thinking about Medical Issues . 1 Ask students to complete the handout. Helping Older Adults Search for Health Information Online: A Toolkit for Trainers from the National Institute on Aging Module 7 – Lesson Plan: MedlinePlus Drugs and Supplements, Medical Encyclopedia Go to
To download Toolkit materials, go to www.nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit 16 REVIEW OF THE HOME PAGE (3 Minutes) “We are going to start with Goal 1 – a review of the main features of the Home Page for MedlinePlus. Take a look at your computer screens. You should see the Home Page of the MedlinePlus website. This website contains links to over 700 health topics.” 1 Make sure students’ screens are set to MedlinePlus at www.medlineplus.gov .
On the Home Page, point out and describe: • The 3 broad categories – Mention each one by name (Health Topics, Drugs and Supplements, and Videos and Cool
• Medical Dictionary • About Your Health • Health News • Popular Searches (large size indicates the most searched topics) • Stay Connected • The Search MedlinePlus Box • The link to NIHSeniorHealth 30 minutes elapsed; about 1 hour, 30 minutes left. CORE ACTIVITY TIME CHECk Helping Older Adults Search for Health Information Online: A Toolkit for Trainers from the National Institute on Aging Module 7 – Lesson Plan: MedlinePlus Drugs and Supplements, Medical Encyclopedia Go to
To download Toolkit materials, go to www.nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit 17 CORE ACTIVITY THE DRUGS AND SUPPLEMENTS PAGE (5 Minutes) “Now we’ll move to Goal 2 – learning how to find information on a drug. If you want to find out about a drug, start with the Drugs and Supplements button.” 1 Click on Drugs and Supplements . Tell students they can find information on a drug by going to the alphabet that appears under Drugs and clicking on the first letter of the drug. 2 Demonstrate for students how to find information on Aspirin: • Under Drugs, click on A in the alphabet. • Scroll down to Aspirin
and click on it. 3 Scroll down, pointing out the features of the Aspirin page: • A Table of Contents with hyperlinked titles • Sub-headings for various categories of data
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To download Toolkit materials, go to www.nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit 18 THE ASPIRIN PAGE (10 Minutes) “Now let’s have you try this along with me.” CORE ACTIVITY 1 Students’ computer screens should be set to the MedlinePlus Home Page at www.medlineplus.gov .
Repeat the demonstration leading to the Aspirin page, this time asking students to navigate along with you at their computers. 3 Once you get to the Aspirin page, pause and give students time to read some of the information they see.
• Proceed slowly through each step. • Walk around to students’ computer screens and provide assistance where needed.
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To download Toolkit materials, go to www.nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit 19 SUMMARIZING (5 Minutes) “Now let’s take a look at the Goals to see what we’ve covered so far.” 1 Demonstrate and summarize the following learning objectives from
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2 : • Using the Home Page • Finding information about a drug on the Drugs and Supplements page • Scrolling down and scanning a drug page 2 Ask students if they have any questions. Refer students to Handout 7A: Lesson Goals 3 Tell students to check off Goals 1 and
2 on their handout. Purpose of Activity • Lets students know what they should have grasped by this point in the lesson. • Gives students another chance to ask questions about material already covered. • Lets you see what goals might need further explanation. • Gives students a sense of accomplishment. • Keeps the class on track. REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITY Helping Older Adults Search for Health Information Online: A Toolkit for Trainers from the National Institute on Aging Module 7 – Lesson Plan: MedlinePlus Drugs and Supplements, Medical Encyclopedia Go to
To download Toolkit materials, go to www.nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit 20 THE DRUGS AND SUPPLEMENTS PAGE (contd.) (5 Minutes) “Now we will move to Goal 3 – learning how to find information on a supplement. If you want to find out about a supplement, start with the Drugs and Supplements button.” CORE ACTIVITY 1 Show students how to find information on Ginseng. Starting from the Home Page, click on Drugs and Supplements : • Under Herbs and Supplements, click on All herbs and Supplements . • Click on Ginseng .
Scroll down to the bottom, pointing out the features of the
• A Table of Contents with hyperlinked titles • Sub-headings for various categories of information. • The studies under Evidence, and their grade rankings (explained after the last study).
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To download Toolkit materials, go to www.nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit 21 THE GINSENG PAGE (10 Minutes) “Now let’s have you try this.” CORE ACTIVITY 1 Repeat the demonstration leading to the Ginseng page. This time, ask students to navigate along with you at their computers. (Students will be starting from the Aspirin page.) 2 Once you get to the Ginseng page, pause and give students time to read some of the information they see.
• Proceed slowly through each step. Make sure students are keeping up. • Walk around to students’ computer screens and provide assistance where needed.
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To download Toolkit materials, go to www.nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit 22 SUMMARIZING (5 Minutes) “Now, let’s take a look at the Goals to see what we’ve covered” REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITY 1 Demonstrate and summarize the learning objectives for Goal 3 : • Finding information about a supplement on the Drugs and Supplements page • Scrolling down and scanning a supplements page 2 Ask students if they have any questions. Refer to Handout 7A: Lesson Goals . 3 Ask students to check off Goal 3 on their handout. Purpose of Activity • Lets students know what they should have grasped by this point in the lesson. • Gives students another chance to ask questions about material already covered. • Lets you see what goals might need further explanation. • Gives students a sense of accomplishment. • Keeps the class on track. 1 hour elapsed; about 1 hour left. (If you choose to stop here, you can assign the next activity as homework. Be sure to go over steps in the activity with students. You may teach the remaining material in the next class.)
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To download Toolkit materials, go to www.nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit 23 TWO GROUP PRACTICE ACTIVITIES (10 Minutes) “Let’s practice finding information on drugs and supplements together.” 1 Ask students to return to the Home Page by having them click on Home
at the top of their screens. Refer to Handout 7D: Find Information a Drug . 2 Read the steps in the Captopril exercise on Handout 7D to the class to familiarize them with the activity. Then, demonstrate the exercise as students navigate with you.
Pause at questions requiring a written answer to give students enough time to fill in the blanks.
Review the answers with the class. 5 If time permits, repeat with the vitamin B-12 exercise on Handout 7E: Find Information on a Supplement . Purpose of Priming Activity • Familiarizing students with the steps in the Group Practice Activities beforehand primes, or prepares them for the activity and increases the likelihood they will be successful.
• Proceed slowly through each step. Make sure students are keeping up. • Walk around to students’ computer screens and provide assistance where needed.
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To download Toolkit materials, go to www.nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit 24 INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ACTIVITY (10 Minutes) “Now you’ll have an opportunity to practice finding information on drugs and supplements of interest to you.”
Read each of the steps on Handout 7F to the class to familiarize them with the activity. Then, ask students to complete the exercise on their own. 2 Ask them what was easy and what may have been more difficult about the exercise.
Clear up any questions students may have. Purpose of Priming Activity • Familiarizing students with the steps in the activity beforehand primes, or prepares them, for the activity and increases the likelihood they will be successful at it.
• Proceed slowly through each step. Make sure students are keeping up. • Walk around to students’ computer screens and provide assistance where needed.
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To download Toolkit materials, go to www.nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit 25 THE MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA (5 Minutes) “Now we’ll move to Goal 4 – learning how to use the Medical Encyclopedia. The Medical Encyclopedia on MedlinePlus has information about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries.”
Students’ screens should be on the Home Page. 2 Demonstrate as students navigate with you. Click on the Medical Encyclopedia link at the bottom of the page and look up information about a medical test – a colonoscopy.
Using the alphabet, locate and click on C . Scroll down to Colonoscopy and click on it.
As you scroll down the Colonoscopy page, describe its various features, pointing out: • The sub-headings and categories of information • The boxes on the right containing a link to the same topic on another part of the MedlinePlus website, images of a colonoscopy, and links to other related topics. To find information about another topic in the Medical Encyclopedia , scroll up to the alphabet at the top of the page where you can start another search. 1 hour, 25 minutes elapsed; 35 minutes left. TIME CHECk 5 Helping Older Adults Search for Health Information Online: A Toolkit for Trainers from the National Institute on Aging Module 7 – Lesson Plan: MedlinePlus Drugs and Supplements, Medical Encyclopedia Go to
To download Toolkit materials, go to www.nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit 26 INDEPENDENT PRACTICE ACTIVITY (10 Minutes) “Now, you’ll have an opportunity to practice finding information on your own using the Medical Encyclopedia.”
Refer students to questions 3 and 4 on Handout 7C , and ask them to use the Medical Encyclopedia to find an answer to their question. Ask them to write down the answer at the bottom of
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Ask them what was easy and what may have been more difficult about the exercise. 3 Clear up any questions students may have. Purpose of Activity • Lets students apply new skills to their own health interests. • Step (2) helps students realize what new skills are already easy for them, reinforcing their confidence and sense of accomplishment. • Step (2) also lets instructor know what needs more work.
• Since students will not have a handout to guide them in this activity, you may want to give them extra time to complete it.
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To download Toolkit materials, go to www.nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit 27 SUMMARIZING (5 Minutes) “Let’s review the Goals again to see what we have covered.” 1 Demonstrate and summarize and the following learning objective of Goal 4 : • Using the Medical Encyclopedia 2 Ask students if they have any questions. Refer to Handout 7A: Lesson Goals . 3 Tell students to check off Goal 4 on their handout. Purpose of Activity • Lets students know what they should have grasped by this point in the lesson. • Gives students another chance to ask questions about material already covered. • Lets you see what goals might need further explanation. • Gives students a sense of accomplishment. • Keeps the class on track. REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITY SET-UP ACTIVITY Helping Older Adults Search for Health Information Online: A Toolkit for Trainers from the National Institute on Aging Module 7 – Lesson Plan: MedlinePlus Drugs and Supplements, Medical Encyclopedia Go to
To download Toolkit materials, go to www.nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit 28 CHECkING FOR UNDERSTANDING (5 Minutes) “Let’s do a final exercise that brings together the skills we have learned today.”
Choose a drug (i.e., acetaminophen) and ask students to lead you through an information search about the drug from your computer projector. 2 Starting at the Home Page, ask students the following questions. As they provide each answer, demonstrate for them by clicking on the appropriate link at your computer projector. A. “Where do I click to find information on drugs?”
Drugs and Supplements .) B. “Where should I click to find information about a drug like acet- aminophen?”
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C. “How do I get to the information on acetaminophen?”
acetaminophen .) D. “How do I get back to the Drugs and Supplements page?” (Answer: Click on Drugs and Supplements at the top of the page). 3 If time permits, repeat the exercise using a supplement such as St. John’s Wort or Vitamin C. You may also do the exercise with the
procedure (i.e., coronary bypass surgery.) 4 Address any final questions students may have. Purpose of Activity • Lets students apply the skills they have learned. • Questions that students fail to respond to easily during the Q&A will reveal areas that still need reinforcing. REINFORCEMENT ACTIVITY Helping Older Adults Search for Health Information Online: A Toolkit for Trainers from the National Institute on Aging Module 7 – Lesson Plan: MedlinePlus Drugs and Supplements, Medical Encyclopedia Go to
To download Toolkit materials, go to www.nihseniorhealth.gov/toolkit 29 WRAPPING UP (5 Minutes) “Today you’ve learned some basics of navigating the MedlinePlus website. You’ve
on various diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. You’ve also succeeded in doing online research on health issues of interest to you. Here is a handout to help you recall what you learned.”
Read the cover description, How to Use This Handout , to
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