S. Santharooban
Analyzing the level of information literacy skills of medical undergraduate of Eastern University, Sri Lanka
study executed analyze level information literacy skills medical undergraduates eastern university sri lanka engaged problem based learning pbl information literacy il skills core elements independent selfdirected learning pbl must coupled il skills achieve maximum benefit pbl study used cross sectional survey used information literacy quiz instrument il quiz consists multiple choice questions related different array il skills students samples selected randomly sample size 85 results revealed overall average il competency level medical students 39 ranges 1357 6571 43 students fall within satisfactory level 4160 considering average skill analytical skill 3136 locating skill 47 comprehension creating skill 2636 presentation skills 5114 statistical significance level il skills genders association gender level different il skills furthermore study reveals students sufficient knowledge concept mapping 5wh technique effective reading methods note taking techniques search strategies use library catalogues evaluation website structuring report plagiarism also know difference databases search engines scholarly work nonscholarly work study end suggests essential improve il skills among students engaged pbl