Exploring Health Literacy of Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

New generation of medical students has access to multiple sources of health information of varying quality. This easy access to information sources does not imply definitely that medical students have the necessary skills to understand and judge the adequacy of published health information. Limited research available shows that even among health professionals there are gaps in knowledge, as well as challenges in understanding and assessing capacities related both to individual and environmental health literacy.

Keywords

• health literacy
• medical students
• information
• competencies
• index