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ArticleJournal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA2020

Identifying information literacy skills and behaviors in the curricular competencies of health professions.

Micah J Waltz, Heather K Moberly, Esther E Carrigan

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Micah J Waltzmwaltz@tamu.edu, Lecturer, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Department, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, and Joint Appointment to Medical Sciences Library, University Libraries, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2390-944X
Heather K Moberlyhmoberly@tamu.edu, Dorothy G. Whitley Professor and Coordinator of Veterinary Services, Medical Sciences Library, University Libraries, and Joint Appointment to Veterinary Integrative Biosciences Department, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5080-2656
Esther E Carriganecarrigan@library.tamu.edu, Professor and Deputy Director, Medical Sciences Library, University Libraries, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9748-490X

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Abstract

objectiveThis research identified the presence of information skill and behaviors components of information literacy in curricular competencies to inform a medical sciences library's instructional schema for five different professional programs at Texas A&M University: College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, and School of Public Health.

methodsCurricular competency documents were collected from each program and reviewed. Coding categories were identified from the curricular competencies of professional health curricula using data-driven qualitative coding. To guide the identification and coding of competency categories, we developed a seven-category rubric from the coding categories. Three researchers used this rubric to independently code the categories of all of the included professional health curricular competencies. An additional researcher used a revised version of the rubric to identify action verbs in each competency.

resultsCompetencies for four of the five professional health curricula explicitly stated information skills and behaviors. Each of the five curricula included several competencies that depended on information-specific skills and behaviors. The most common verb used to describe implicit or explicit competencies was "evaluate."

conclusionsThe representation of information skills and behaviors aligns with the drive behind the Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. Both underpin the importance of evidence-based medicine methodology.

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CurriculumHealth OccupationsInformation LiteracyHumansProfessional Competence

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PMID32843877
PMCPMC7441914

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