Information Literacy for Public Health (B_024)
About Study Course
Objective
To improve the quality of study process by providing in-depth knowledge of the variety medicine and public health related information and to improve skills in searching, evaluating, retrieving and processing of medicine and public health related information.
Prerequisites
Basic computer skills, knowledge of the state language and English.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course students will have acquired knowledge that will allow them to recognise and appreciate high quality, reliable, evaluated and scientific medical and public health information resources. Students will demonstrate information search tools and instruments, 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 source lists as well as to use Web 2.0 tools and facilities to receive and organise the latest medical and health information.
Upon completion of the course students will be able to work independently with electronic resources in the field of medicine and health sciences, 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.
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.
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.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, SVF | 1 | Bachelor’s | Required | Daiga Spila, Inga Znotiņa, Daiga Šļahota, Rūta Paula Rītiņa |
