Finding what you are looking for

You may have come to realize that finding orthopaedic information on the Internet can be challenging. It's time to reassure you that the challenge can be met. It is worth meeting because

  • there is good information out there
  • because the patients are using this resource
  • because the quality of information on the Internet will improve

Although it may not cover all eventualities the following pathway can be used to find what you are looking for

  1. Define what you are looking for, in as great detail as you can. Write a phrase or a sentence defining the information you wish to find. This might be "recent journal articles by Goodfellow on the outcomes of his Unicompartmental knee replacement" or "whatever I can find about hip replacement in patients with osteopetrosis" or "the URL for Goodfellow's unicompartmental knee replacement supplier". Use the text box to define and refine your search string. You can the select copy and paste your search string or parts of it to the search engine

  2. Revisit your phrase to see if you can make it more definitive using information from elsewhere. You may be able to find out that Goodfellow's unicompartment knee replacement is called the Oxford knee or that Biomet supplies it. You can certainly define "recent" as after a certain date.
  3. Decide on the Literature or the Internet after reviewing what you have written. Decide whether you are going to search the Literature or the Internet or both and whether your search is to be for focused information or a comprehensive collection. Thus you will end up with 4 options