We are bombarded daily with information from the media,
newspapers, magazines, radio, and the World Wide Web. Is all information equal?
Is it accurate, worthy of our attention? How do you decide which information to
take in and which to discard? Most importantly, how will you teach your CTE
students about information literacy?
The hot topic in the world of healthcare is Ebola. This topic
is a great example of bombardment of information. There is so much information currently
out there that it does make it difficult to decipher what is accurate and what
is not. Not all that you read is equal nor accurate. While on the topic of
Ebola the information is worthy of our attention but you have to be aware of
the motives of the sources for the information? Also you need to know if the information
is backed up by research.
When I am teaching my CTE student about literacy
information I teach them first that there is so many places you can go to learn
about healthcare but not all of them have the most up to date and accurate information.
The best way to determine the accuracy is to look at the source and find out
whether the information can be back up by research. Also to not always except
things as absolute because in healthcare there are very few absolutes. Again
going back to Ebola, the protocols for isolation that were put in place by the
CDC for healthcare workers was looked at as being accurate now from experience
we know that those protocols do not always work so now the CDC is having go
back and reevaluate how to do things and will have to update the information
they put out in regards to Ebola and isolation procedures
1 comment:
Hi Jen, I enjoyed reading your post. I agree that the hot topic in healthcare is Ebola. Our students need to know which information they can trust. Your teaching them to look for information that can be backed by research is a great way to help them find the accurate information. As teachers, we want our students to have updated information, but we want it to be from a reliable source. I often recommend sites to my students that I feel are trustworthy. I check each day to see if there is news about Ebola, I hope the CDC is able to come up with accurate protection guidelines for healthcare workers soon.
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