Lesson 1: Using This Tutorial

Purpose

Welcome to the online volunteer training tutorial for the Women's Health Information Center. This tutorial will teach you information and skills useful in your role as a volunteer. As a volunteer, your role is not to provide a diagnosis or a response to medically related questions, but to guide clients to information resources appropriate to addressing their questions. In this tutorial, you will learn what it means to be a guide, what information resources are available, and where to refer clients if they need more information.

More specifically, you will:

-- learn about the Women's Health Information Center (WHIC);
-- learn your role in guiding clients to appropriate WHIC resources;
-- learn how to evaluate online health information;
-- learn about WHIC resources, including selected online consumer health resources.

The tutorial is separated into 9 lessons that are designed to build upon each other.

Using This Tutorial
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