Developing occupational therapy students' information and historical literacy competencies: an interprofessional collaborative project.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study examined the efficacy of an interprofessional information and historical literacy project implemented by an occupational therapy educator and a librarian.

Methods

A graduate course was revised to include information and historical literacy objectives and instruction. A course-specific questionnaire administered on the first and last day of class, assignment grades, and course evaluations provided measures of project outcomes for six years. Differences between questionnaire pre- and post-test means were determined using t-tests. Course evaluation comments were analyzed to obtain qualitative perceptions.

Results

A significant difference (p<0.0001) was found between pre-test (M=3.93, SD=0.48) and post-test (M=4.67, SD=0.30) scores of tot

SUBMITTER: Fleming-Castaldy RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6013127 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature