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Information literacy in continuing professional development of medical practitioners: a Croatian example
Author(s) -
Petrak Jelka,
Markulin Helena,
Matiç Tomislav
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
health information and libraries journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1471-1842
pISSN - 1471-1834
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-1842.2007.00730.x
Subject(s) - croatian , information literacy , continuing professional development , professional development , continuing medical education , medical education , health literacy , literacy , medical information , continuing education , medicine , library science , political science , computer science , family medicine , psychology , health care , pedagogy , philosophy , linguistics , law
Objectives: This paper reports on the training of medical practitioners in information literacy. The course is carried out by an academic medical library in collaboration with its parent institution and the local physicians’ licensing body. Setting: The University of Zagreb Medical School (UZMS) developed an extensive continuing education programme for residents and practitioners, in partnership with the Croatian Chamber of Physicians. Within this programme, the Central Medical Library (CML) offers a hands‐on course on searching and appraisal of medical information. Description: Continuing professional development (CPD) helps physicians update and develop the skills and knowledge they require in their everyday practice. The ability to locate, critically evaluate, and use medical information is an important component of CPD. The CML has developed a course entitled “Finding and Appraisal of Medical Information” which has been reviewed and accepted by its parent institution and the physicians’ chamber. The course has been introduced in 2005 on a half‐year base. Outcome: The course provides participants with the information on the most important medical information resources and with the basic skills needed for their effective usage. An evaluation questionnaire is used to assess the effectiveness of the course.