Information literacy evaluation in health sector

Abstract

The concept of Information Literacy is exposed, the aspects that it includes and the importance that has its evaluation. It is emphasized in the few products that allow evaluating the Information Literacy. It is approached the creation and operation of an interactive exam, starting from the Workshop created by the Centre of Information of Medical Sciences of the Isle of Youth. The abilities of the handling of the information declared by the international norms on competition in Literacy in Information for the Superior Education and the Nucleus competence as regards information for workers of the National System of Information of the Health Sciences were kept in mind. The composition of the diverse questions is explained, created using the Hot Potatoes program and examples are shown. It is concluded that it can constitute an instrument of evaluation and/or autoevaluation for the professionals and technicians of the Cuban System of Health.