1. Internet as a tool for health education of medical personnel
Magdalena Czerwinska
Department of Economics and Management of Economy
Lublin University of Technology

2. Purpose of the research
To discuss the review of the most reliable Polish medical portals designed for doctors and other medical personnel

3. Main research questions
What are the reasons for the existence of medical portals designed for doctors and other medical personnel
What are the advantages to be gained using such portals

4. Introduction Medical services as knowledge-based activities
The Internet as a source of health information available to all its users
The quality of information that can be found on the Internet
HONcode – a certification system of medical web pages

5. Portals addressed to doctors and medical services:
to improve professional skills of medical personnel
should provide a reliable source of expert knowledge
should be a platform for exchanging experiences
should enable maintaining professional contacts with other doctors
to allow promote medical specialty

6. Review of selected portals dedicated to medical staff in Poland
The most popular and best rated in terms of reliability portals dedicated to medical staff in Poland are:
eskulap.com
mp.pl
konsylium24.pl
MEDtube.pl
medicalguidelines.pl

7. The Eskulap.com Portal
one of the largest portals for professionals involved in medicine and health care (nurses, midwives, doctors, dentists, pharmacists, paramedics, students and medical schools staff) in Poland
established in 2000
nearly a hundred thousand users
using the service is free

8. What is the offer of The Eskulap.com Portal ?
the latest medical information from the country and from abroad
the most interesting scientific publications, highlights and comments
access to laboratory standards depending on the age and sex of the patient
collection of scales to assist in assessing the state of health of the patient

9. What is the offer of The Eskulap.com Portal ?
specialized forum for physicians dedicated to vaccinations or insomnia
a full on-line edition of the most popular among Polish doctors Pharmindex drug database along with the unique ability to quickly check interactions between different drugs, prescribed to the same patient

10. What is the offer of The Eskulap.com Portal ?
recommended medical resources from Poland and the world, useful in medical education, scientific research and everyday medical practice
practical advice and lawyers tips, who are specialized in problems of running a medical practice, professional and criminal liability of doctors and nurses and the activities of healthcare institutions

11. What is the offer of The Eskulap.com Portal ?
database of conferences, symposia and training
multimedia service Esculap.tv with extensive resources of educational films for medical staff

12. The Eskulap.com Portal
Fig. 1 Main page of Eskulap.com portal

13. Portal Practical Medicine – Mp.pl
used by 73% of web-surfing doctors
a professional, typically an informative medical website
using the service is free of charge

14. What is the offer of Portal Practical Medicine ?
the huge number of scientific articles
the results of the latest medical research
information on current trainings
an archive of audio-visual materials (lectures, training materials, interviews)

15. What is the offer of Portal Practical Medicine ?
a doctors database, containing business cards created by doctors with contact details and information about professional achievements and scientific achievements and interests
a database of all medical institutions

16. Portal Practical Medicine – Mp.pl
Fig. 2 Main page of Mp.pl portal

17. Portal Konsylium24.pl social networking site only for doctors
established in 2008
52,000 users
Its purpose is to enable doctors to exchange views on the difficult clinical cases and other problems related to doctors occupational
Registration and use of the service is free

18. What is the offer of Portal Konsylium24.pl ?
users can read content posted on the site, upload your own posts, post comments, participate in polls, create your own survey
two main sections of portal are:
clinical problems divided by 72 specializations
discussions on selected health issues
the results of the latest discoveries in medicine and scientific articles

19. What is the offer of Portal Konsylium24.pl ?
subservices:
Kompendium24.pl (including: educational testing, medical consultation, recruitment advertisements for doctors, medical conferences database and notices)
GdzieSkierowac24.pl (contact base to professionals recommended by practitioners)
DoLekarzy24.pl (social network only for doctors)

20. Portal Konsylium24.pl
Fig. 3 Main page of Konsylium24.pl portal

21. Portal MEDtube.pl
the largest online library of high quality professional medical movies (over materials)
established in 2011
an innovative sharing medical knowledge web portal based on multimedia content
using the website is free

22. What is the offer of Portal MEDtube.pl ?
medical videos, surgical videos, broadcasting live surgery events, photos of medical cases, visualizations and animations, interviews, presentations, webcasts, case-reports and other professional materials in all medical specialties
the materials come from physicians, medical societies and universities, as well as their own production of MEDtube

23. What is the offer of Portal MEDtube.pl ?
operates in two languages: the Polish (MEDtube.pl) and the English (MEDtube.net)
conducts online medical publisher (MEDtube Tribune), which publishes medical articles, cases and news focused on new technologies and discoveries in Healthcare

24. Portal MEDtube.pl
Fig. 4 Main page of MEDtube.pl portal

25. Portal Medicalguidelines.pl
a website on guidelines for medicine (the first in Poland )
based on the websites of organizations such as the National Institute of Clinical Excellence, National Health and Medical Research Council

26. What is the offer of Portal Medicalguidelines.pl ?
educational and reference database for doctors in Poland
medical guidelines are intended to help users in: rapidly acquiring medical data, access to knowledge based on scientific evidence, implement new practices and improve communication in the medical community
educational videos and e-learning

27. Portal Medicalguidelines.pl
Fig. 5 Main page of Medicalguidelines.pl Portal

28. Conclusions
The portals which was described in this paper represent only a fraction of professional medical content available on the Internet for different groups of entities - qualified medical staff, but also patients
The number of these portals and their popularity, as reflected in the frequency of use by users with content presented there, testify to the high demand for such services

29. Conclusions
Presented in the article characteristics of portals confirm the assumed working hypothesis about big role of the Internet as a source of health information
By the development of ICT technology medical staff received a powerful educational tool in the form of the Internet

30. Conclusions
It should be emphasised, that only the high quality of the content posted on the presented portals guarantees their educational functions

31. Conclusions
This has the undoubted advantage of this form of education: its low cost (no charge for the use of portals), fast access to the most current medical knowledge at any time, the possibility of using other people's experiences and exchange of opinions on medical issues

32. Conclusions
A study on the practical aspects of using the websites by the medical staff could become an interesting development considerations
Identification of the strengths and weaknesses of portals could be done
There is ongoing scientific research on the basis of which the ranking of portals could be created

33. Thank You for your attention