Comparative Analysis of Assessment and Self-Assessment of Media Literacy of Students of Higher Medical Education at Bachelor's and Master's Level

Abstract

As a result of the survey, it turned out the majority of respondents studied media literacy at school or college and university, but in practice this knowledge is not always used. The surveyed students do not pay enough attention to checking the source of information or do it incorrectly. The skill of correctly searching for medical information on the Internet and checking it is also insufficiently developed. Almost half of the respondents in both groups use the links offered by the search engine regardless of the source of information. A rather low level of medical education students use specialized medical databases. To avoid mistakes, most students use information from textbooks. One in seven respondents believes that medical information cannot be unreliable.Conclusion. The vast majority of students, regardless of the educational level of higher education (bachelor's or master's), believe that they have mastered the basics of media literacy, although the skill of showing a critical attitude to information sources in the course of independent activities is not sufficiently developed. In both studied groups, the internal desire of the student to self-develop in the aspect of improving media competence was stated, which requires appropriate additional efforts on the part of teachers, especially clinical disciplines.