Abstract
The study evaluated medical students' familiarity with information literacy and informatics during the health sciences library orientation. A survey was fielded at the start of the 2013 school year. 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. The library identified areas for service development and outreach to medical students and academic departments.
Highlights
How often do you use the Internet for biomedical research? Once a week Multiple times a week Once a day Multiple times a day
What is your level of interest for learning more about electronic health record (EHR) and personal health record (PHR)? Not at all interested Slightly interested Moderately interested Very interested Extremely interested
Which of the following biological databases have you used for any biomedical research? GenBank GEO Gene RefSeq I have not used any of the above Other: 2. How would you rate yourself as a user of the National Center for Biomedical Informatics
Summary
Information and informatics literacies of first-year medical students MLIS, MS, DVM; Drew Wright, MS, MLS Survey for incoming class of medical students to gauge their levels of information literacy and learning styles 1. On average, how often do you use the Internet for biomedical research? 2. Which of these biomedical-related databases have you used?
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