Seminars become more useful if they can draw on your advanced information research skills. Early development of computer skills breaks down barriers and opens up new career opportunities for graduates. Not only do these skills translate into improved abilities in managing a dental practice and delivering care, but they create new opportunities in which dentistry and computers are more closely integrated. If you miss a class, please obtain the handouts from one of your classmates or the Computer Lab staff and familiarize yourself with the material before the next class. If you do not fulfill the course requirements, appropriate make-up work will be assigned.
All sessions are hands-on in the Computer Lab.
This session will introduce students to components of microcomputers, the functionality of operating systems, and basic operations on computers. This session will introduce students to basic concepts of the Internet, how to send and receive electronic mail, and how to participate in electronic discussion groups and newsgroups. This session teaches students how to use internet browsers to locate information on the World Wide Web. The information may be textual or graphical, and include video or audio components. Literature searches This session will introduce students to locating and retrieving literature citations and abstracts on Medline, the largest database on citations for the biomedical literature.