Evidence-based practice and related information literacy skills of nurses in Singapore: An exploratory case study

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-25

  Mokhtar, Intan Azura ^a   Majid, Shaheen ^a   Foo, Schubert ^a   Zhang, Xue ^a   Theng, Yin Leng ^a   Chang, Yun Ke ^a   Luyt, Brendan ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

e learning; evidence based practice; health information on the Web; healthcare professional training; information and knowledge management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; SINGAPORE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84859071275     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458211434753     Document Type: Review

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