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'Community Practitioner' journal online
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| Members' Area |
- To log-in, click on Members on the left-hand menu of the homepage.
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- You will then be asked to enter a User ID and Password.
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- The User ID is your MSF/CPHVA membership number, which is on your membership card.
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- Older membership numbers are a mixture of letters and numbers. If your membership number begins 0H0, please note that you should type the numeral 0 (zero) and not the letter O and use a capital H.
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- The password changes periodically and changes published in Community Practitioner. From January 2006 it will be dodo2006 (lowercase, no spaces).
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- If you have trouble logging in, please check your membership number and password which you may have mis-typed or forgotten.
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- Remember that the User ID and passwords are case sensitive. If you are still unable to log-in, please contact Information Resources on 020 780 4022/4023
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| Bulletin Board [Due to technical problems, this facility is disabled at present] |
- Log-in to the Members' area and click on the Bulletin Board button on the left-hand side.
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- You will see a list of previous messages. To read a message click on the link in the subject column.
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- To reply by email to the person who sent a message click on their name.
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- To send a message to the board, click on the post new message button and enter your details and message in the relevant text boxes. Then click on the post message button below.
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| Journal on-line |
| The full-text version of Community Practitioner is available to members only http://www.commprac.com |
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Non Members who subscribe to the Journal - yhttp://www.commprac.com
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Non Members who subscribe to the Journal - you will need your Subscriber No. as the User ID and the password as above (see `Access to the members area`).
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| Technical Tips |
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