Information and informatics literacies of first-year medical students |
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| Authors: | Joshua E Richardson Daina R Bouquin Lyubov L Tmanova Drew Wright |
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| Abstract: | PurposeThe study evaluated medical students'' familiarity with information literacy and informatics during the health sciences library orientation.MethodsA survey was fielded at the start of the 2013 school year.ResultsSeventy-two of 77 students (94%) completed the survey. Over one-half (57%) expected to use library research materials and services. About half (43%) expected to use library physical space. Students preferred accessing biomedical research on laptops and learning via online-asynchronous modes.ConclusionsThe library identified areas for service development and outreach to medical students and academic departments. |
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| Keywords: | Students Medical Education Medical Undergraduate Information Literacy Medical Informatics Computational Biology |
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