Competência informacional no âmbito da informação em saúde

Abstract

It analyses the development of information literacy with the organisations of health. Identify the information literacy that librarians need to act on information units of the organizations. Notes the contributions that the librarians offer aimed at developing skills among the team of health, to patients and the organization. It presents the development of theorical researches concerning the information literacy, and on the question of information in health. The survey was conducted with 14 (fourteen) librarians who work in health care organizations in the city of Fortaleza. The data collection was done through a survey applied in person and via e-mail. For these professional skills most important for its performance are: hability to work in groups, expertise in health, logical reasoning, synthesis and evaluation capacity, update and continuing education, field of other languages, ethic, communication skills and habilities the use of specialized sources of information. It shows that while the librarians who work in health care organizations understand the concept of jurisdiction in its essence and state have these skills, many of them have not put them into practice in their actions.