eHealth Literacy Among College Students: A Systematic Review With Implications for eHealth Education

eHealth Literacy Among College Students: A Systematic Review With Implications for eHealth Education

Stellefson M et al eHealth Literacy Among College Students: A Systematic Review With Implications for eHealth Education J Med Internet Res. 2011 Dec 1;13(4):e102 In this article, the authors studied six articles and one doctoral dissertation to find out the eHealth literacy of college students - that is - their capability to locate, use and evaluate electronically available health information. They observed that although college students are comfortable with using the Internet to find health information, their eHealth literacy skills are not upto the mark. They feel that college students, especially in the health and medical professions, need specialized training…
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Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the changing paradigms in health information

Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the changing paradigms in health information

Cleveland AD Miles to go before we sleep: education, technology, and the changing paradigms in health information* J Med Libr Assoc. 2011 January; 99(1): 61–69 The author discusses the urgent need to upgrade health information based degrees where she stresses that while the important principles of library science need to be taught, the curriculum should now include concepts of healthcare as well as other information centred disciplines. In India, it is not about "upgrading", as we do not have a health information degree; we have Library & Information Sciences as a broad discipline. What we need for our medical colleges…
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