Table 2.
Information Literacy scale
| I feel confident and competent to: | 1–3 (Almost never true, usually not true, sometime but infrequently true | 4 Occasionally true | 5–7 (Often true, usually true, always true) |
|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | |||
| Medical information literacy skills | |||
| Initiate search strategies by using keywords and Boolean logic | 13(18.1) | 14(19.4) | 45(62.5) |
| Use PICO | 28(38.8) | 25(34.7) | 19(26.4) |
| Search for EBM information | 12(16.7) | 14(19.4) | 46(64.0) |
| Use a factual database | 18(25.0) | 22(30.6) | 32(44.4) |
| Use MeSH | 32(44.4) | 17(23.6) | 23(32.0) |
| Use PubMed | 10(13.9) | 27(37.5) | 35(48.6) |
| Retrieve an article of an institutional repository | 19(26.4) | 25(34.7) | 28(38.9) |
| Evaluate bias | 24(33.3) | 27(37.5) | 21(29.2) |
| Searching and finding information | |||
| Define the information I need | 6(8.3) | 16(33.3) | 50(69.4) |
| Decide where and how to find the information I need | 7(9.7) | 12(16.7) | 53(73.6) |
| Identify a variety of potential sources of information | (13.9) | 19(26.4) | 43(60.0) |
| Use electronic information sources | 5(7.0) | 9(12.5) | 58(80.6) |
| Use internet search tools (search engines, directories) | 11(15.3) | 11(15.3) | 50(69.4) |