Information literacy skills of occupational therapy graduates: Promoting evidence-based practice in the MOT curriculum

Medical Reference Services Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-380

  Powell, Carol A ^a   Case Smith, Jane ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EBP; Evidence based practice; Faculty librarian collaboration; Information seeking behavior; Library surveys; Library user education; Lifelong learning; New graduates; Occupational therapists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COHORT STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION LITERACY; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78149402124     PISSN: 02763869     EISSN: 15409597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02763869.2010.518923     Document Type: Article

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