Effectiveness of educational interventions for improving healthcare professionals' information literacy: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is unclear which educational interventions effectively improve healthcare professionals' information literacy.

Objectives

We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of educational interventions for improving the formulation of answerable clinical questions and the search skills of healthcare professionals.

Methods

We followed the Cochrane methodology and reported according to the PRISMA statement. The following databases from inception to November 2022: MEDLINE, Cochrane CENTRAL, EMBASE, Web of Science, CINAHL, and Google Scholar search engine, were searched. Randomised controlled trials and crossover trials on any educational interventions were included. Studies on search tools that are obsolete were excluded.

Results

Ten studies that mainly compared

SUBMITTER: Lee MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12723344 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature