TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing information literacy
T2 - A key to evidence-based nursing
AU - Shorten, Allison
AU - Wallace, M. C.
AU - Crookes, P. A.
PY - 2001/6/1
Y1 - 2001/6/1
N2 - This report describes the evaluation of a curriculum-integrated programme designed to help students develop an awareness of the nursing literature, the skills to locate and retrieve it, and skills required in its evaluation; in other words 'information literacy'. Positive changes in student performance on objective measures of information-literacy skills were revealed as well as a significant increase in the levels of confidence of the student in performing those skills. Students who had undertaken the information-literacy programme ('programme' students) performed better on a range of objective measures of information literacy, as well as reporting higher levels of confidence in these skills, than students who had not participated in the programme ('non-programme' students). Evaluation of this programme provides evidence of the potential usefulness of a curriculum-integrated approach for the development of information-literacy skills within nursing education. With these underlying skills, students will be better equipped to consolidate and extend their key information-literacy skills to include research appreciation and application. These are vital for effective lifelong learning and a prerequisite to evidence-based practice.
AB - This report describes the evaluation of a curriculum-integrated programme designed to help students develop an awareness of the nursing literature, the skills to locate and retrieve it, and skills required in its evaluation; in other words 'information literacy'. Positive changes in student performance on objective measures of information-literacy skills were revealed as well as a significant increase in the levels of confidence of the student in performing those skills. Students who had undertaken the information-literacy programme ('programme' students) performed better on a range of objective measures of information literacy, as well as reporting higher levels of confidence in these skills, than students who had not participated in the programme ('non-programme' students). Evaluation of this programme provides evidence of the potential usefulness of a curriculum-integrated approach for the development of information-literacy skills within nursing education. With these underlying skills, students will be better equipped to consolidate and extend their key information-literacy skills to include research appreciation and application. These are vital for effective lifelong learning and a prerequisite to evidence-based practice.
KW - Education
KW - Evidence-based Practice
KW - Information Literacy
KW - Programme Evaluation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035374727&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1046/j.1466-7657.2001.00045.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1466-7657.2001.00045.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 11407467
AN - SCOPUS:0035374727
SN - 0020-8132
VL - 48
SP - 86
EP - 92
JO - International Nursing Review
JF - International Nursing Review
IS - 2
ER -