Delivering Internet health resources to an underserved health care profession: school nurses.
OBJECTIVE
This paper reports on a course developed for school nurses. The course focused on locating reliable and high-quality medical information resources on the Internet.


METHODS
The Health Sciences Library System (HSLS) of the University of Pittsburgh formed a partnership with the Pennsylvania Association of School Nurses and Practitioners (PASNAP). Through this partnership, a hands-on course was offered at the PASNAP annual conference.


METHODS
As one component of the Health Information for the Public Project, a subcontract of the National Library of Medicine, HSLS collaborated with PASNAP. This collaboration resulted in HSLS librarians' offering a course titled "Access to Electronic Health Information for School Nurses" at PASNAP's annual conference. This paper describes the school nurse population, their professional information needs, and the development of the course curriculum.


RESULTS
This course provided participants with the skills to effectively utilize the Internet to locate high-quality medical information.


METHODS
A course evaluation and impact survey were used to assess the effectiveness of the instruction.
Gregg
Amy L
AL
Health Sciences Library System, Falk Library of the Health Sciences, 200 Scaife Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. agregg@pitt.edu
Wozar
Jody A
JA
D002983:Clinical Competence; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016239:MEDLINE / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009862:Online Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010414:Pennsylvania; D012573:School Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires