Experts' Secrets

HIDDEN SECRETS OF INTERNET BIOMEDICAL ELITES

A. PROVEN TIPS FOR PERSONAL EMAIL ACQUISITION
Most people could be motivated to get a web presence if information is available to them on how to acquire a personal e-mail address bearing in mind the obvious fact that the e-mail is the cheapest means of communication ever devised by scientists. Learning about how the Internet works and operate could also be easily achieved through the e-mail coupled with the improved computer-internet-communication skills and self-improvement for high productivity derivable from such exercise.
The benefits accruable from having a personal e-mail address include:
Faster communication better than the conventional mail, reaching its destination in seconds even when sent to the United States or Australia
Less physical effort than sending a letter through the post as there is no need to buy stamps or envelops
Free online service once the hardware, software and internet connection are in place
Unlike communication by telephone, email does not require the simultaneous attention of both parties-so Physicians may find it more suitable than the telephone for communication about simple and non-urgent problems
Easy dispatch of same piece of information to several people simultaneously-for example, you can circulate memos, agenda, and minutes or even disseminate educational materials
Receipt of course materials through the auto-responder service provided by your lecturer without his physical “send” input

To get you up and running on autopilot to acquire a personal email address by yourself, here are the 3 simple, basic steps to follow:

Access To A Linked Computer System
Because of the economic situations in developing Countries including Nigeria, majority could not afford private Internet connection. However, you can make use of other people’s linked systems at very affordable cost. The cyber-café closest to you provides such service. Visit one of such during your spare/ break time, buy a ticket which you will use to access the linked computers and type the user name and password on the ticket in the dialog box on the computer screen.

Knowledge Of Specific Websites
There are thousands of websites online but not all of them provide email services. A good knowledge of email providing websites is therefore necessary before you can sign up any email address. Here are lists of websites that provides free email service:

www.yahoo.com
www.email.com
www.aol.com
www.lycos.com
www.fastermail.com

Enter any of the sites listed on the browser’s web address locator after double-clicking the Internet explorer icon on the desk-stop of the computer. Wait for the site to fully load and click sign up button to begin the process of getting your own email address.

Filling Electronic Forms
As soon as you click sign up on the website you are exploring, an electronic form will be displayed which you will be required to fill. Although yahoo is the most popular email service provider online, I do not recommend that you sign up with them as a beginner because their form is too cumbersome. Go to www.fastermail.com instead; their form is very simple and easy to fill. Information often required are your biodata, alternate email address (use a friend’s email address for this), post code (24001 for Ilorin) and your phone number. You will also need to fill-in your proposed email address ( e.g. mojibello@fastermail.com) and a password. After filling the form, click submit and wait for the confirmation of your email address.
You may need to choose an alternative address suggested by the system if need be and click submit the second time. You will be guided through the other changes required automatically. It is very simple. Once your email address is confirmed, write it down with the password for keeps. Give the address to friends and colleagues who are e-mailers.
Make it a habit to use your box regularly and learn how best to manage your account. I hope you’ll act on the information in this article to establish a personal presence on the Internet and improve yourself and develop your career using computer-internet-communication technology.

B. How To Exchange Your Email Address For Internet Job Placement
The Internet as an information technology tool does not only fire us up to acquiring computer skills but also enables us to perform the following activities:
(1) Sending email
(2) Browsing the World Wide Web
(3) Searching For Information
(4) Playing Games
(5) Sending Fax Messages
(6) Listening to/Reading news
(7) Hanging-on to discussion groups
(8) Downloading software
(9) Teleconferencing
(10) Chatting Online e.t.c

Of all the aforementioned, sending and receiving email are the simplest, easiest and the basic foundation for Internet skills acquisition.
The Internet literacy level among biomedical professionals in Nigeria is still abysmally low. While some have acquired personal email address by compulsion, others simply do not see the reason why they should have one. Among those who have it, very few of them know how to maximally use it.
There is a necessity to motivate medical laboratory scientists and other biomedical scientists not to only have personal email address but to also open their eyes to some information they could readily have access to.

2 Great Steps To Putting Your Email Address To Immediate Use
(1) Announce It To Your Friends, Colleagues or acquaintances
This step is recommended for Internet Johnny Just Come (J.J.C.). Once you open an email address, the first thing you should do is to make it available to your friends and colleagues. You can write it, text it, or fax it to them as soon as possible. This step will make it easy for them to send message to you. When they send any message to you, make sure you take immediate steps to quickly reply those messages. You will be laying the foundation to easily acquiring the necessary skills and learn how to use all the email management tools in you box which include:
(a) Check mail
(b) Compose
(c) Save Draft
(d) Forward
(e) Move to
(f) Delete
(g) Blind carbon copy (BCC)
(h) Carbon copy (CC)
One thing you must not do is to send email to anyone whose consent you have never sought. This is what is called spamming which is a great offence on the Internet. The service provider (ISP) could block your email address permanently as a result. They have to do that so as not to suffer as an accomplice in crime.
I’m aware that some people out there are saying despite the fact that they have given their email address to their friends, nobody has deem it fit to send them any message. No problem. I’m going to walk you through a simple step to ensure that your email box get stuffed with information anytime you open it. This naturally leads us to step 2.

(2) Exchange Your Email Address For Job Alert
There are some websites on the Internet which specializes in giving visitors timely information on job vacancies anywhere in the world. Some operate as job sites, job database, and job search engine while others operate as job bank. Most of these sites provide tools for you to enter your email address on the log box provided on their sites. There are some who require you fill a simple form on their site to sign up for their free job alert service which cuts across all specialization in the medical fraternity. Here are the sites I recommend you visit and enter your email address:
(1) www.medopps.com
(2) www.mdjobscout.com
(3) www.histologyjobs.com
(4) www.medjobscout.com
(5) www.larrywhiteassociates.com
(6) www.martinfletcher.com
(7) www.locum-tenens.com
(8) www.jobbankusa.com
(9) www.indianahealthcareers.com
(10) www.medicalworkers.com
(11) www.biomednet.com

Make sure you patiently read the instructions on these sites so as not to miss vital information.

C. HOW TO ACCESS INTERNET’S ABUNDANT RESOURCES (KEYS TO SEAMLESS BROWSING)

It has often been said that most Internet users are e-mailers. They constitute the online fun seekers who equate the e-mail to all about the Internet. To them, browsing means e-mailing; no more, no less. Thousands of US dollars are spent daily on the Internet sending mails for fun. A visit to the nearest cyber café will throw more light on this and you will no less agree that about 75% of surfers are e-mailers.
You can however improve on your browsing skills by moving beyond the level of the e-mailers. How could this be achieved? That is the purpose of this article. You will be told where to get abundant biomedical resources for your education and research.
The Internet’s most abundant resources are found in the World Wide Web (www) portion.

DEFINITION:
The www is a group of similar and inter-related pages, which occur most usually in text and graphic forms. A web page is an electronic sheet where information is inscribed in text and graphic for the consumption of users.

CONTENT:
Most websites welcome their users through the HOME page where the surfer grabs the mission statement of the site. Consequently, other pages may include the following;
News items
Publications
Membership
Affiliates
Online courses
Position papers etc.
LINKS:
This is usually a comprehensive page in a website. You can easily determine the degree of popularity of a site by the content and resources available on its link page. Your visit to a website is incomplete if you have not seen the link page. Always surf to this page whenever you browse. For a start, I recommend that you go to www.aacc.org and access the numerous educational resources at your disposal by clicking the link page.

HOW TO ACCESS THE WWW

You can access the www in the following 3 ways:
URL
Uniform Resource Locator is the address of a website. Enter the address of a known website on the rectangular space on the browser of your system e.g. Internet explorer after loading it. Press the enter key and wait for some seconds until the site appears on your screen.

NEWSLETTERS
This is another gateway to the www. It is an electronic news medium sent to your box by a Webmaster you had previously given your e-mail address. It keeps you informed of current issues in your field. To subscribe for one, go to www.ibms.org and type your e-mail address in the newsletter space provided on the home page.
Alex Cochrane manages Ibms newsletter. He recommends websites for further information that you can click-on right inside your mailbox to access the biomedical world.

SEARCH ENGINES
Search engines are the Internet’s information finders. They help you to find any information you are looking for in matter of seconds. Many www sites are accessible through this medium. Go to www.google.com; type biomedical education inside the provided rectangular space and click the search button. You will have hundreds and thousands of www sites to access.