NIHSeniorHealth: Text Only Toolkit for Trainers

Helping Older Adults Search for Health Information Online:
A Toolkit for Trainers - Text-Only

Welcome to the Toolkit for Trainers, a resource developed by the National Institute on Aging. Use these free, easy-to-use training materials to help older adults find reliable, up-to-date online health information on their own. The training features two websites from the National Institutes of Health -- NIHSeniorHealth.gov and MedlinePlus.gov. Trainers can use the toolkit with beginning and intermediate students of the Web.

Lesson Plans

For beginning students with little computer experience:

Module 1: Internet Basics
For beginning students with some Internet experience:

Module 2: Introduction to NIHSeniorHealth

Module 3: NIHSeniorHealth Quizzes and Videos

Module 4: NIHSeniorHealth FAQs and Site Index
For beginning and intermediate students:

Module 5: Exercise and Physical Activity for Older Adults on NIHSeniorHealth
For intermediate students:

Module 6: Introduction to MedlinePlus

Module 7: MedlinePlus: Drugs and Supplements, Medical Encyclopedia

Module 8: MedlinePlus: News, Doctors, Hospitals, and Multimedia
For all students:

Module 9: Evaluating Health Websites

Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms for Older Adults

Training Tools

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Last reviewed: October 2010