ICS 1-3 EIP Tutorial

ICS EIP Tutorial Objective: To familiarize ND medical students with the evidence-based practice (EIP) approach, resources and skills necessary to high quality patient care.

Directions: Work through the content boxes (text, videos, and/or PowerPoint presentations) on each assigned tab; navigate to the next tab by clicking on the  and  arrows at the bottom of each page.

We recommend sticking with Chrome as the recommended browser for both Canvas, and most academic databases -  Safari can cause wide-spread problems with display and access to full text articles.

If you have any questions, ask a librarian!

Happy searching!

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.