Information and informatics literacies of first-year medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The study evaluated medical students' familiarity with information literacy and informatics during the health sciences library orientation.

Methods

A survey was fielded at the start of the 2013 school year.

Results

Seventy-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.

Conclusions

The library identified areas for service development and outreach to medical students and academic departments.

SUBMITTER: Richardson JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4613382 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature