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Assessing the Effect of Virtual Education on Information Literacy Competency for Evidence-based Practice of the Undergraduate Nursing Students
Jamileh Farokhzadian
Kerman University of Medical Sciences, PO Box: 7716913555, Haft-Bagh Highway, Kerman, Iran
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Background: Information literacy is one of the important prerequisites for an effective evidence-based practice (EBP). Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to curricular development and use new educational methods such as virtual education to strengthen information literacy competency in nursing students. This study investigated the effect of virtual education on nursing students’ information literacy competency for EBP.
Methods: This interventional study was performed with two groups of intervention and control and a pretest and posttest design. Seventy-nine nursing students were selected and assigned into the intervention or control groups by random sampling. Virtual education of the information literacy was uploaded on a website in the form of seven modules delivered in four weeks. Questionnaires of demographic information and information literacy for EBP were used to collect data before and one month after the virtual education.
Results: The results showed no significant difference between the control and intervention groups in all dimensions of information literacy competency in the pre-test stage. In the post-test, the virtual education improved some dimensions of information literacy competency for EBP including information seeking skills (t= 3.144, p= 0.002) and knowledge about search operators (t= 39.84, p= 0.001) in the intervention groups compared with the control group. Virtual education of the information literacy did not have any significant effect on nursing students in terms of use of different information resources and development of search strategy and frequency of the correct answer to the question of formulating a search strategy in intervention group (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Virtual education had a significant effect some demotions of the information literacy competency for EBP in nursing students. Nursing professors and educators are recommended to train information literacy by integrating virtual and face-to-face education. Researchers should also examine the effectiveness of these interventions, their barriers and facilitators.
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Electronic-learning, Information literacy, Evidence-based nursing, Nursing students
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Assessing the Effect of Virtual Education on Information Literacy Competency for Evidence-based Practice of the Undergraduate Nursing Students
Jamileh Farokhzadian
Kerman University of Medical Sciences, PO Box: 7716913555, Haft-Bagh Highway, Kerman, Iran
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ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9621-3486
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Reviewer #3 agreed
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Reviewer #2 agreed
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Background: Information literacy is one of the important prerequisites for an effective evidence-based practice (EBP). Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to curricular development and use new educational methods such as virtual education to strengthen information literacy competency in nursing students. This study investigated the effect of virtual education on nursing students’ information literacy competency for EBP.
Methods: This interventional study was performed with two groups of intervention and control and a pretest and posttest design. Seventy-nine nursing students were selected and assigned into the intervention or control groups by random sampling. Virtual education of the information literacy was uploaded on a website in the form of seven modules delivered in four weeks. Questionnaires of demographic information and information literacy for EBP were used to collect data before and one month after the virtual education.
Results: The results showed no significant difference between the control and intervention groups in all dimensions of information literacy competency in the pre-test stage. In the post-test, the virtual education improved some dimensions of information literacy competency for EBP including information seeking skills (t= 3.144, p= 0.002) and knowledge about search operators (t= 39.84, p= 0.001) in the intervention groups compared with the control group. Virtual education of the information literacy did not have any significant effect on nursing students in terms of use of different information resources and development of search strategy and frequency of the correct answer to the question of formulating a search strategy in intervention group (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Virtual education had a significant effect some demotions of the information literacy competency for EBP in nursing students. Nursing professors and educators are recommended to train information literacy by integrating virtual and face-to-face education. Researchers should also examine the effectiveness of these interventions, their barriers and facilitators.