Samoocena zdrowotnych kompetencji informacyjnych studentów – wyniki badania pilotażowego studentów kierunku bezpieczeństwo zdrowotne na Uniwersytecie Pedagogicznym w Krakowie
Self-evaluation of health competencies of students – results of a pilot study among health security students at the Pedagogical University of Cracow

Summary/Abstract: Health information is one of the groups of information that are most widely searched on- -line. The ability to effectively search through the web, process the data and use it properly are all essential components of health information competences. Furthermore, contact with low-quality health information may bear negative effects for the users of such advice. On the basis of source literature analysis, the article presents a definition of the term “health information competence”, gives examples of skills within this competence, discusses negative consequences of low-level health competence and cites example research projects in the field of assessing health information competence. The publication also presents the results of a pilot study (diagnosis) entailing the self-evaluation of health information competencies of health security students at the Pedagogical University of Cracow. It has been pointed out that students declare having a high level of health information competence, especially in finding and understanding health information.

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