Digital Regulars’ Table: Health from the Internet – how reliable is information from the internet?

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Type of the event: Workshop/training

Online or offline: Offline

Main theme/focus: Digital Media Literacy

Date time start: 28/03/2019 15:00

Date time end: 28/03/2019 16:00

Number of hours: 1,5

Country: Germany

City/Town: Rheinberg

Organisation: VHS Rheinberg (adult education centre)

Address of the event: Lützenhofstraße 9, Rheinberg, Deutschland

Url of the event: https://www.vhs-rheinberg.de/kurssuche/kurs/Digitaler+Stammtisch+Gesundheit+aus+dem+Netz/nr/X625105/bereich/details/#inhalt

Responsible (trainer/organizer): Nicole Bobek

Email of the organiser: vhs@vhs-rheinberg.de

Phone of the organiser:

Target Group: General public

Number of participants: 8

Short description of the event:

Today, many people ask not only their doctor or pharmacist about risks and side effects, but also the Internet. Seniors have also discovered the Internet as their main source of information on health issues. However, when searching for symptoms, one is often confronted with a multitude of information and recommendations. How serious are these?

An expert from the Unabhängiger Patientenberatung Deutschland (UPD) provides information on how to recognise reliable information portals on the subject of health on the Internet and what one should bear in mind when ordering medicines online, for example.

The event is: Completed