Integration of information literacy into a revised medical school curriculum.
The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California's newly revised Year I-II curriculum integrates information literacy components based on the AAMC's medical informatics objectives throughout the two-year continuum. Students are required to participate in various components taught by librarians from the Norris Medical Library including (1) an information skills workshop, (2) a yearlong literature search project, and (3) an evidence-based medicine resources workshop. Critical appraisal of literature also is included in the curriculum to ensure that the students are familiar with the various research study designs. Librarians also provide resources to assist students in researching learning issues related to cases presented in the curriculum. To encourage the faculty mentors to serve as good models of information users, librarians offer brief training sessions on information resources to faculty.
Brown
Janis F
JF
Norris Medical Library, University of Southern California, 2003 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9130, USA. jbrown@usc.edu
Nelson
Janet L
JL
D002140:California; D003197:Computer Literacy; D003200:Computer User Training; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D016245:Librarians; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000193:education*; D008611:Mentors; D012577:Schools, Medical; D014481:United States