School of Naturopathic Medicine (SNM) Program Outcomes
SNM Outcome #5: Demonstrate the ability to apply information literacy skills to efficiently and effectively practice evidence-informed clinical practice in patient-care settings.
Information Literacy Competencies
(for meeting the outcome above}
Competency I: Determines the nature and extent of information needed.
Competency II: Understands copyright law and uses information effectively, ethically, and legally.
Competency III: Able to search across a wide range of platforms, tools, and media.
Competency IV: Acquires needed information effectively and efficiently.
Competency V: Critically evaluates information and sources and develops answerable questions; knows when to revise the initial search query and/or to use additional resources in locating answer(s).
Competency VI: Understands and can apply the principles of evidence-informed practice (EIP).
Competency VII: Understands that information literacy is a process requiring: knowledge of a broad range of resources and how to search them, ability to assess the relative value of a resource for a particular need, and motivation to seek out highest quality sources to answer the question at hand.
NOTE: Competencies based on the ALA Information Literacy Standards for Science and Engineering Technology and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Medical School Objectives Project: Medical Informatics Objectives.