Lucky number 7 :)

http://pediatrics.uchicago.edu/chiefs/PER/

1. Content: This site includes numerous pediatric emergency medicine guidelines, policies & procedures, studies, EZIO use, updates, and warnings. This site also has information for employees of University of Chicago.

2. Design: The design is appealing in the fact that it has a variety of colors. This also makes it a little busy and I would like to see it with a little different layout. Instead of all the way down they should utilize all fields of the page.

3. Disclosure: The site readily discloses that it is from the University of Chicago. Links are also provided at the bottom, perhaps these are sponsors. There is no specific author for the site.

4. Currency: I do not see a specific date of when the site is updated however when new information is posted a date is posted with it as well. The most recent post I saw was done in Nov. 2008.

5. Authority of sources: Since the site is created by the University of Chicago hospital and its staff I would think it its pretty reliable.

6. Ease of use: There is a lot of information posted on the main page. One can click many different links to take you to articles and updates. When these links are clicked it takes you to a word document to open.

7. Accessibility: The site was accessed by searching through Yahoo. One can type the address in and get to the site or search for the University of Chicago and probably get to the site as well.

8. Intended Audience: The intended audience seems to be nurses and medical providers at University of Chicago however I think other healthcare professionals could benefit from this site as well.

9. Contact Addresses: There are many different contact numbers on this site for Residents, ED providers, PICU providers, etc.

10. User support: I do not see a help link. Since this site was aimed at staff, I am sure they could get help for it from their educational staff at the site. For others looking at the site, there is no help available.

Summary: I think this site provides a lot of great reliable information from the University of Chicago. I will most likely be using information obtained from this site for my online community since it is fairly current, reliable, and easily accessible.