Connections and Innovations in a Nursing Informatics Course

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Lin Wu, MLIS, AHIP, Health Sciences LibraryCynthia K. Russell, PhD, RN;

Heather C. Templeton, MSN, RN, College of NursingUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center,

Memphis TN

MLA Annual Conference May 20, 2008

Chicago, IL

Some interesting facts from Some interesting facts from this video brought to you by this video brought to you by the LISTEN projectthe LISTEN project

http://tinyurl.com/47jh9g

LISTENLearning Information Seeking and Technology for

Evidence-based Nursing practice --a nursing education, research & retention grant

founded by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

http://www.listenuphealth.org

Our Solution: Informatics for Our Solution: Informatics for HealthcareHealthcare

Increase information technology (IT) and information literacy (IL)

attitudes, knowledge, and skills of nursing

students

ObjectiveObjective

Learning Information Seeking and Technology for Evidence-based Nursing practice http://www.listenuphealth.org

Course DescriptionCourse Description

Overview of healthcare information technology and computer science systems to prepare students to effectively and efficiently use technology for the identification, collection, processing, and management of data and information.

Exploration of legal, ethical, cultural, economic, and social factors that affect healthcare information technology.

70 first-year nursing students Two-credit hours Ten weeks Face-to-face Online Collaboration: nursing faculty & a librarian

Methodology

AssessmentsAssessments

Pre- and post- information literacy survey

-- 29 paired questions-- Self-report frequency of using

resources Students feedback

-- A Likert Scale-- Narratives

Learning Information Seeking and Technology for Evidence-based Nursing practice

Instructors Instructors

Modules WebQuest clinical

topics Between-class & in-

class activities

Blackboard Wikis Videos Podcasts

Teaching Strategies

Course ActivitiesCourse Activities

Web 2.0 technologies WebQuest clinical topics

Group and individual work

PDA resource identification

Web site evaluation In-class presentations

Wiki pages Mind-mapping

software YouTube Blog RSS feeds

Our Wiki PagesOur Wiki Pages

Nursing faculty’s Wiki page

Librarian’s Wiki pageLibrarian’s Wiki page

http://nurs.pbwiki.com/Your+Virtual+Librarian

http://nsg505.wikispaces.com/

Librarian’s RolesLibrarian’s Roles

Connecting students with the library

Packaging information on information literacy

Presenting in-class mini-topics

Results: On a scale of 0 (completely lacking) to 10 (excellent), rate your assessment of your skills in...

Conducting health research

Judging the quality of health information

Finding quality information on a topic

Conducting library research as a student

34%29% 28% 31%

Compared to when I entered the program, I Compared to when I entered the program, I feel more prepared and can be more feel more prepared and can be more successful in...successful in...

Results (Cont.)Results (Cont.)

Having a librarian participate in the course was helpful to me

I felt more confident in my abilities to search the literature as a result of a librarian's presentations

I was more likely to go to the library for assistance since the librarian presented in the class

If you were designing this course, If you were designing this course, what would you be sure to keep? what would you be sure to keep?

Library skills and information specific to the UTHSC Library.

The information that is provided on how to search the Web and the library’s resources.

Having a library expert available for teaching/help was a valuable resource.

Guest speakers who came to talk on issues. They were helpful and provided relevant information that was useful for all courses. Example, Ms. Wu.

ConclusionsConclusions

The health sciences librarian can play an important role in helping students to learn to use library resources and locate quality information for class assignments and projects.

Students’ assignments were tied with library resources to answer clinical questions.

Provided students opportunities to demonstrate their abilities.

Pre- and post- class survey provided important feedback on students’ progression and their increased comprehension.

Future DirectionFuture Direction

Integration of LISTEN (Learning Information

Seeking and Technology for Evidence-based

Nursing) modules into the course Engaging strategy Individualized approach

HRSA-funded Nursing Education, Practice, & Retention Program Grant

Questions?

For more information, visit our Web site:

Thank You!Lin Wu: lwu5@utmem.edu

Cindy Russell: crussell@utmem.eduHeather Templeton: hcartert@utmem.edu

HRSA-funded Nursing Education, Practice, & Retention Program Grant