Critical Information Literacy in Health

Kenny GarciaResearch and Instruction Librarian

What does critical information literacy look like in health?• Access to information• Cataloging (MeSH Terms)• Cultural humility

Nursing Standards• Information Literacy Competency

Standards for Nursing (2013)– Standard Five

• The information literate nurse understands many of the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information and accesses and uses information ethically and legally.

Challenges• Critiques of Evidence-Based Medicine– Limited research on immigrants and communities of

color– Narrow definition of evidence– Patient autonomy

• Individual Instruction Sessions