Instructions Regarding Announcements
Any individual or organizational member of the network may post announcements of upcoming international health related events such as a lectures, courses, meetings or medical trips. These announcements will be automatically removed a few days after the start date of the event. However, you can also change or remove announcements you have placed at any time. This section provides detailed instructions on how to post, remove and change such announcements.
To
post an announcement
1) Log on under
the “Member Login” area at the top left of the globalmedicine homepage
by placing your username and password in the appropriate boxes and
clicking on “Go”. (Reminder: your username is the email address you gave
when you registered, and the password is the word you chose at that time.
If you have lost your password, just click on “Forgot your password” and
it will automatically be emailed to you.) Once you have logged on,
a new page will appear with several options.
2) Click on
“Events (lectures, meetings, medical trips).”
3) Then click on
"Post an announcement of an
upcoming event."
4) Next, fill in the
boxes with the required information about the event. You may cut and paste
from other sources such as text documents.
5) Use the slider
bar on the far right side of the screen to move down the form. Some data such as
the event dates and country use pull-down menus. To use these, click on
the small downward pointing arrowhead on the right side of each box. A list will
appear such as a list of months or years. Click on the appropriate line on
each list so that is highlighted (darkened background). The desired date
or country should now appear in the data entry box.
6)When you have
completed all of the boxes, please recheck to make sure that all information is
correct. Then click on the "Submit" button.
To remove an announcement you placed previously
1) Log on under
the “Member Login” area at the top left of the globalmedicine homepage
by placing your username and password in the appropriate boxes and
clicking on “Go.” (Reminder: your username is the email address you gave
when you registered, and the password is the word you chose at that time.
If you have lost your password, just click on “Forgot your password” and
it will automatically be emailed to you.) Once you have logged on,
a new page will appear with several options.
2) Click on
“Events (lectures, meetings, medical trips).”
3) Then click on
"Remove an announcement you
placed previously."
4) A new page will appear with a list of announcements you
have placed. Below each announcement is a button called "Delete
Now."
6)Press
the "Delete Now" button.
To
change an announcement
To change an announcement you placed previously, you must first remove the
original announcement (as described above) and then post it again with the new
information.