Health Professions Students’ Lifelong Learning Orientation: Associations with Information Skills and Self Efficacy

Abstract

Objective -This study aimed to investigate the relationships among health professions students' lifelong learning orientation, self-assessed information skills, and information self-efficacy.Methods -This was a descriptive study with a cross-sectional research design. Participants included 850 nursing students and 325 medical students. A total of 419 students responded to a survey questionnaire that was comprised of 3 parts: demographic information, the Jefferson Scale of Lifelong Learning (JeffSLL-HPS), and an information self-efficacy scale.Results -Findings of the study show a significant correlation between students' lifelong learning orientation and information self-efficacy. Average JeffSLL-HPS total scores for undergraduate nursing students (M = 41.84) were significantly lower than the scores for graduate nursing Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 2016, 11.2 122 students (M = 46.20). Average information self-efficacy total scores were significantly lower for undergraduate nursing students (M = 63.34) than the scores for graduate nursing students (M = 65.97). There were no significant differences among cohorts of medical students for JeffSLL-HPS total scores. However, for information self-efficacy, first year medical students (M = 55.62) and second year medical students (M = 58.00) had significantly lower scores than third/fourth year students (M = 64.42).Conclusion -Findings from the study suggest implications for librarians seeking ways to advance the value and utility of information literacy instruction in educational curricula. As such instruction has the potential to lead to high levels of information self-efficacy associated with lifelong learning; various strategies could be developed and incorporated into the instruction to cultivate students' information self-efficacy.

Validation of information-seeking behaviour of nursing students confirms most profiles but also indicates desirable changes for information literacy support

“…There are some indications that subjective estimations of information literacy selfefficacy by the nursing student respondents may be unreliable, as noted by Mi and Riley-Doucet (2016). Table 4 for the combined data from the original and replication study indicates that both deep and strategic learners were twice as likely to profess advanced self-efficacy with information literacy, in comparison to the surface learners where intermediate levels of self-efficacy with information literacy were twice as common as advanced levels.…”

“…Mi and Riley-Doucet (2016) examined health professional students' lifelong learning orientation and possible associations with information skills and self-efficacy. The sample included 325 medical and 850 nursing students, and responses were obtained from 209 undergraduate nursing and 82 graduate nursing students.…”

Tıp Fakültesi Öğrencilerinin Yaşam Boyu Öğrenme Eğilimleri

“…In another study, there was no difference between medical school and nursing students in terms of lifelong learning and gender. Lifelong learning orientation of medical students didn't differed according to grade (32). In a study, results indicated that the orientation toward lifelong learning tended to increase gradually along the education (33).…”

Hemşirelerin Yaşam Boyu Öğrenme Eğilimlerinin Öz Etkililikle Olan İlişkisinin İncelenmesi

“…Mi ve Riley-Doucet (2016) ile Güçlü ve ark. (2012) çalışmalarında daçalışmamızla benzer şekilde cinsiyet değişkeni ile yaşam boyu öğrenme eğilimi arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olmadığını belirtmektedirler (22,23). Denat ve ark.…”