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Information Literacy in Nursing
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:06.03.2024 13:50:46
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | B_026 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Basic Sciences of Medicine, including Pharmacy | Target Audience: | Nursing Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Daiga Spila | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Library | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, biblioteka rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic computer skills, knowledge of the state language and English. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To improve the quality of study process by providing in-depth knowledge of the variety medicine and nursing information and to improve skills in searching, evaluating, retrieving and processing of medicine and nursing. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | RSU subscribed databases, resources, tools. Access to RSU subscribed resources. | Lectures | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 2 | Information literacy. Basic principles of information search, defining a topic, defining keywords, creating a search strategy, saving information, individual registration in electronic resources. Information retrieval techniques: basic and advanced search, phrase search, hyphenating, truncating, Boolean operators. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Database PubMed: characteristics, creating an individual profile, search strategy, managing results, saving results. Linking PubMed with other resources (databases, EndNote, Primo), full text retrieval. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 4 | PubMed Tools: MeSH database (controlled medical vocabulary), Journal Database, Single Citation Matcher, PubMed Central. Building comprehensive and deep searches. Searching for studies and systematic reviews. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 5 | Citation. References and their types. Databases of citation information. Journal impact factor. Searching citation indexes for journals and authors. Retrieving references from resources, databases, Primo tool. RSU rules for creating references. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 6 | Reference tool EndNote. Exporting and retrieving references. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 7 | Types of scientific journals. Electronic journals. Full text journal databases. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 8 | Searching for publications in databases. Information evaluating, filtering and saving the results. Retrieval of full texts of publications. Interlibrary loan. Linking resources for full-text retrieval. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 9 | Primo search tool. Tool: E-resources from A-Z. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 10 | Characterization of evidence-based medical resources, information search specifics in them. Evidence-based databases available at RSU: DynaMed, ClinicalKey, Cochrane Library, UpToDate. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 11 | Free access evidence-based resources. Critical evaluation of publications. | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| 12 | Free access internet resources. Evaluating the quality of free access resources. Artificial Internet resources for data mining. Course summary. Interactive test (Mentimeter). | Classes | 1.00 | computer room | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent and systematic learning from the indicated readings and information sources. Individual or group work in completing assignments on information search and presentation of the results. The master's student consolidates the acquired lecture material by reading the indicated sources, actively working with RSU subscribed databases and free access resources, performing independent work and submitting them. The aim of the practical work is to get acquainted with each resource, in which you can search for high-quality and evaluated information for your research work, to be able to evaluate the quality of resources in online resources, as well as to understand the connection between these resources for full text retrieval and reference. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in classes. 100% completion of independent work and homework. Final test: exam. Invitation to fill in the study course evaluation questionnaire. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon successful completion of the study course master's students will have acquired knowledge that will allow them to recognise and appreciate high quality, reliable, evaluated and scientific medical and nursing information resources and use evidence-based information resources. Master's students will demonstrate information search tools and resources, will develop appropriate search strategy and apply critical evaluation of the information found. The acquired knowledge will allow them to make precise references and the bibliographic source lists as well as to use Web 2.0 tools and facilities to receive and organise the latest medical and health and nursing information. Graduate students will understand research measurement tools and demonstrate their search in information resources. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon completion of the course master's students will be able to work independently with electronic resources in the field of medicine and nusing, to use the advanced search skills for searching electronic information. They will be able to make bibliographical references, to carry out in-depth information search in online databases and the world peer-reviewed journal database PubMed, to develop precise search strategies and to save the results. They will be able to independently search for medical information on evidence-based medical information resources and to evaluate them critically. They will be able to find citation information for journals and authors. Master's students will develop their digital skills related to data, information and digital content management. Students will be able to use digital technologies, create a personal profile in information resources, adapt their activities according to copyright and licenses, as well as be able to find and cite authors from digital content. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Master's students, applying the acquired theoretical and practical knowledge, will be able to carry out high quality, evaluated information search. They will independently analyse information search options and situations and will develop appropriate search strategy. They will critically analyse the reliability and usefulness of the information found, its compliance with the topic and specific situation and they will create complete reference lists. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone K., Pipere A. Zinātniskā rakstīšana un pētījumu rezultātu izplatīšana / Kristīnes Mārtinsones un Anitas Piperes zinātniskajā redakcijā ; autori: Uldis Berķis, Maija Dambrova, Inese Gobiņa, Kristīne Mārtinsone; Ivans Jānis Mihailovs [un vēl 7 autori]. Rīga : Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2019. | ||||||||
| 2 | Spila D. Pasaules medicīnas citējamo žurnālu datubāze PubMed un informācijas meklēšanas iespējas: Mācību materiāls informācijpratībā [Elektroniskais resurss]. Rīga: RSU, 2013. | ||||||||
| 3 | Spila D., Znotiņa I. Medicīnas informācijas pamatu apgūšana elektroniskajos resursos: Mācību materiāls informācijpratībā [Elektroniskais resurss]. Rīga: RSU, 2014. | ||||||||
| 4 | Znotiņa I. Uz pierādījiem balstītas medicīnas resursi: labāko pieradījumu meklēšana un izmantošana: Mācību materiāls informācijpratībā [Elektroniskais resurss]. Rīga: RSU, 2014. | ||||||||
| 5 | NCBI. PubMed help: NCBI help manual. Bethesda: National Center for Biotechnology Information National Center for Biotechnology Information, 2020. | ||||||||
| 6 | The NCBI handbook [Internet]. 2nd edition.. [cited 2024 March 5]; | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Mārtinsone, K., Pipere, A., Berķis, U., u.c. Zinātniskās darbības metodoloģija : starpdisciplināra perspektīva / K. Mārtinsones un A. Piperes zinātniskajā redakcijā. Rīga : Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte, 2021. | ||||||||
| 2 | Downey, Annie. Critical Information Literacy : Foundations, Inspiration, and Ideas. Library Juice Press, 2016. (EBSCO) | ||||||||
| 3 | Greenhalgh T. How to Read a Paper: the Basics of Evidence-based Medicine. 3-rd ed. Oxford, Blackwell Publishing, 2006. | ||||||||
| 4 | The Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine [2023 Jan 5] | ||||||||
| 5 | Zawacki-Richter, O., Kerres, M., Bedenlier, S., Bond, M. and Buntins, K. 2020. Systematic Reviews in Educational Research: Methodology, Perspectives and Application. Springer Nature. | ||||||||
| 6 | Howick J.H. The Philosophy of Evidence-based Medicine [e-book]. Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. (EbookCentral) | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Apmācību ceļvedis Informācijpratība | ||||||||
