Sbaffi, L., Hallsworth, E. and Weist, A. (2018) Peer teaching and information retrieval: the role of the NICE Evidence search student champion scheme in enhancing students’ confidence. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 35 (1). pp. 50-63. ISSN 1471-1834
Abstract
Background
This research reports on the NICE Evidence search (ES) student champion scheme (SCS) first five years of activity (2011–2016) in terms of its impact on health care undergraduate students’ information search skills and search confidence.
Objectives
A review of students’ evaluation of the scheme was carried out to chart the changes in attitude towards NICE Evidence search as an online health care information source and to monitor students’ approach to information seeking.
Methods
This study is based on the results of questionnaires distributed to students before and after attending a training session on NICE Evidence search delivered by their own peers. The exercise was implemented in health related universities in England over a period of five consecutive academic years.
Results
(i) Students’ search confidence improved considerably after the training; (ii) ES was perceived as being an increasingly useful resource of evidence based information for their studies; (iii) the training helped students develop discerning search skills and use evidence based information sources more consistently and critically.
Conclusions
The NICE SCS improves confidence in approaching information tasks amongst health care undergraduate students. Future developments could involve offering the training at the onset of a course of study and adopting online delivery formats to expand its geographical reach.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Health Libraries Group. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Health Information and Libraries Journal. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | database searching; evidence-based practice (EBP); information seeking behaviour; questionnaires; students; health; teaching |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 22 Dec 2017 10:10 |
Last Modified: | 15 Mar 2024 16:56 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/hir.12208 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:125518 |