conducts training sessions on the use of this program and it is at these sessions that you will receive a user name and password. At these training courses, the participant will learn how to login to the system, use the search facility, generate a document, format the document for printing, save it to disk for further printing options and provide feedback to the system to ensure the information is always up to date. (Note: these training sessions can be conducted anywhere!!!)
The topics below provide information to help you in using the system.
Learning about "Information for Amputees"
If you are new
to the "Information for Amputees", here is the information you will need to get
started. Firstly to be able to properly use the system you will need to obtain a username (and password) and have completed a REHABTech training course. This can be co-ordinated by simply contacting REHABTech directly or by attending one of the training sessions held around Australia.There are four main icons on the left column of the system before you login,
including:
- Login - (becomes "Logout" after the user has logged in)
<Login>
In the "login
box," the user has to enter the correct username and password
in order to access the resource generating Search facility.
Once the user has logged into the system, there are five main icons on the left including Logout, Search,
Feedback, User and the Help. By clicking on any of the desired icons, it will
prompt the user to that particular page.
Alternatively you can have a simple guide through the system by using the username = guest and password = guest account. This account however does not allow access to a lot of the key features of the system.
<Search>
The user has to login
before using the Search. The Search facility is the key to the system which allows users to obtain information according to specific search criteria (nominated by 'tick boxes'). Through this process, the user also gets the opportunity to preview particular sections as well as nominate what to include and whether modifications or comments will be added.
The information is generally categorized into the Age
Group, Chapter (including levels of amputation) and Section (including the type of information).
Under the Age
Group category, there are: -
q Information
for Adult Amputees, and
q Information
for Pediatric Amputees.
Under the Chapter
category, there is level specific information: - eg
q Upper
Limb Amputees, and
q Lower
Limb Amputees..etc.
Under the Section
category, there are the types of information that can be retrieved including: -
q General
Information about being an amputee (still catagorised according to the previous choices),
q Information
relating to specific levels of amputation (still catagorised according to the previous choices),
q Some
individual experiences of amputees (again catagorised according to previous choices), and
q Other
relevant information, such as contact address, websites etc.
The user can search
the desired information by selecting All Three categories as
above with ticks on the check boxes provided. All of the boxes are ticked by default, and the user should 'untick' those that are not required. When this is done click on the Submit
button and it will prompt you to the result that you are searching. Or, click
on the Reset button in order to reset (clear) the categories that have been selected.
On the result
page of what the user has selected, there is a table that shows the Headings
of the information. The headings are all hyperlinked so that by clicking on them, a preview window will appear to assist with whether or not that information is needed. The user can include the headings that desired by using the
mouse to tick on the check boxes under “Include?”. Again all of the headings are 'pre-ticked' by default and should be unticked if not required.
Registered users also have a one more column with the "Comments?" check boxes. This allows the user to modify or add extra information into that particular heading at the next stage of the resource genrating system. Anyone who wishes to submit extra comments or modify particular sections will need to tick the check boxes under the column “Comments?” for each of the headings they wish to modify/add to.
Having chosen which pieces of information will be included and which are to be modified or added to, the user can
click on the Proceed button at the bottom of the page in order to generate the next stage of the resource or document that has been selected.
At this stage, comments and additions are added as well as a final check over the material to be included. If some of the information is now not required, there is still the opportunity to disregard it by ticking or unticking the appropriate check box.
(Note: 'unticking' the heading will not include the information or any comments, whilst unticking the information will leave the heading with any comments that the user wishes to add. To modify the information that is there, the information needs to be copied (cut and paste) into the "additional comments" box)
Also, by typing in the title bar, the title of the document can be changed or customised.
Then click on the Submit Comments
button at the bottom of the page to submit the comments, or click on the Clear All Comments
button in order to delete all the comments that they have typed. When the Submit Comments is pressed, the comments that have been included make part of the customised document or resource. They will also feedback to REHABTech
where an asessement of the additional comments is made. If the comments are an addition to the type of information that should be available for all users as they reflect current practice or extra information, the system will be updated to include this with an appropriate acknowledgement for the user. The new information will then be available to all users as part of the dynamic ability of the system. If a diagram or image needs to be included, REHAB Tech will need to be contacted separately.
Once the Submit Comments is pressed, the document will be generated that can be previewed using the print preview function of the browser or can be directly printed.
(The document can also be saved to programs which have html editing capabilities for even further modification).
<Feedback>
Users and visitors can provide
feedback to REHABTech
by using the Feedback facility. Anyone who wishes to provide feedback on-line can simply enter their name, e-mail address and
then key in the feedback that they wishes to provide in the message
box. By clicking on the Send button, the feedback will be sent to
REHABTech
. If the user clicks on the Reset button, it will
clear the message that the user has typed. Of course, REHABTech
is happy to receive feedback through conventional email, mail or phone/fax.
<Help>
By clicking on the Help icon on the
main page, you'll find information to assist you with using the system.
<User>
User will be
able to view the user details after they login into the system. By clicking on the User
icon, it will display the user details that include name, ID
number, address, occupation, telephone contact and e-mail address. These are the details that will be displayed at the end of any document that is generated by the system. These details can be customised by REHABTech so that the users preferred details or contact information will apear at the end of any document.
<Logout>
Users need to
logout after they finish using the system. In order to logout, the user has to click on
the Logout icon on the page. A message will then prompt the user which
indicates that they have successfully logged out.
