Health information literacy and competencies of information age students: Results from the interactive online Research Readiness Self-Assessment (RRSA)

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Ivanitskaya, Lana ^a,b   O'Boyle, Irene ^a   Casey, Anne Marie ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 1205 Health Professions Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Computer network; Consumer health information; Educational status; Electronic health information; Electronics; Evaluation of electronic resources; Health information; Patient education; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL STUDENT; ONLINE ANALYSIS; SELF EVALUATION; ADVERTIZING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; STANDARD; STUDENT;

ADULT; ADVERTISING; COHORT STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; PLAGIARISM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STUDENTS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33747442745     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.8.2.e6     Document Type: Article

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