Samoocena zdrowotnych kompetencji informacyjnych studentów – wyniki badania pilotażowego studentów kierunku bezpieczeństwo zdrowotne na Uniwersytecie Pedagogicznym w Krakowie

Abstrakt

Health information is one of the groups of information that are most widely searched online. 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.