The Impact of Library Tutorials on the Information Literacy Skills of Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy Students in an Evidence-Based Practice Course: A Rubric Assessment. Issue 1 (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schweikhard, April J.; Hoberecht, Toni; Peterson, Alyssa; Randall, Ken
• Is Part Of: Medical reference services quarterly. Volume 37:Issue 1(2018)
• Page Start: 43
• Page End: 59
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Allied health students -- e-learning -- evidence-based practice -- information literacy -- library tutorials -- rubric assessment; Medicine -- Information services -- Periodicals; Reference services (Libraries) -- Periodicals; Medical libraries -- Reference services -- Periodicals; 025.527661
• DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2018.1404388
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0276-3869

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study measures how online library instructional tutorials implemented into an evidence-based practice course have impacted the information literacy skills of occupational and physical therapy graduate students. Through a rubric assessment of final course papers, this study compares differences in students' search strategies and cited sources pre- and post-implementation of the tutorials. The population includes 180 randomly selected graduate students from before and after the library tutorials were introduced into the course curriculum. Results indicate a statistically significant increase in components of students' searching skills and ability to find higher levels of evidence after completing the library tutorials.