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Use good quality information - check your sources

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 The Internet is a great place to start looking for information and there are some great healthcare based resources available. In your work and studies you need to make sure that you are using good quality, relevant information. 

So, how can you make sure that what you find fits that criteria?

Make sure you have the right skills to separate the good stuff from the bad. Here's how:

From the Health Library

Start with a quick checklist - watch this introduction to the CRAAP checklist


Complete our presentation Evaluating Information on the Internet for more information about the checklist.

Here are some more resources you might like to look at:

How can you spot Fake News?

Check a fact checker - they do the work for you

  • Full Fact Health Full Fact is a team of independent fact checkers and campaigners who find, expose and counter the harm done by bad information. 

  • Health feedback Health Feedback is a worldwide network of scientists sorting fact from fiction in health and medical media coverage.   

Be careful of information being shared on social media

  • SHARE checklist to help you spot false information and make sure you don't spread harmful content. 


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