Mayo Clinic Case Study
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http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alzheimers-disease/DS00161 http://web.archive.org/web/20090303130702/http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alzheimers/AZ99999 Format is clear and comprehensible and navigation is straightforward and very user-friendly.
1) Credibility
This website is affiliated with the world renowned Mayo Clinic. A trustworthy site of useful health information with reputable, nonprofit sources with no agenda or bias other than the distribution of information - provides information from reputable sources and cites the names and credentials of authors for each article published. Where particular articles do not list a specific author, resources are listed to show where the information originated.
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Several authors hold esteemed and highly-ranking positions at various affiliated institutions. As well, clear access to peer-reviewed journals and articles for each author is cited. Contacts are clearly provided for each author, through the main portal of the website. Some authors conduct an online blog through which they may communicate with patrons and researchers of this topic on an ongoing basis.
e.g. Dr. Glenn Smith is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in Alzheimer's disease. He is a professor of psychology at highly respected College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, a division co-chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, and principal investigator of the Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Education and Information Transfer Core.
Angela Lunde is a member of the Alzheimer's Association board of directors and co-chair of the annual Minnesota Dementia Conference. She is a member of the Dementia Behavior Assessment and Response Team (D-BART), a multidisciplinary outreach service assisting professional and family caregivers in understanding and managing difficult behaviors often present in
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alzheimers-disease/DS00161 http://web.archive.org/web/20090303130702/http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alzheimers/AZ99999 Format is clear and comprehensible and navigation is straightforward and very user-friendly.
1) Credibility
This website is affiliated with the world renowned Mayo Clinic. A trustworthy site of useful health information with reputable, nonprofit sources with no agenda or bias other than the distribution of information - provides information from reputable sources and cites the names and credentials of authors for each article published. Where particular articles do not list a specific author, resources are listed to show where the information originated.
Actual …show more content…
Several authors hold esteemed and highly-ranking positions at various affiliated institutions. As well, clear access to peer-reviewed journals and articles for each author is cited. Contacts are clearly provided for each author, through the main portal of the website. Some authors conduct an online blog through which they may communicate with patrons and researchers of this topic on an ongoing basis.
e.g. Dr. Glenn Smith is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in Alzheimer's disease. He is a professor of psychology at highly respected College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, a division co-chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, and principal investigator of the Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center Education and Information Transfer Core.
Angela Lunde is a member of the Alzheimer's Association board of directors and co-chair of the annual Minnesota Dementia Conference. She is a member of the Dementia Behavior Assessment and Response Team (D-BART), a multidisciplinary outreach service assisting professional and family caregivers in understanding and managing difficult behaviors often present in