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This raises metacognitive awareness.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Read about eHealth literacy and digital health trends<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Stay updated with reliable information from journals, white papers, newsletters in order to know what is new or emerging (e.g. AI health tools).                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                                        <h3 class=\"group-title\">Skills \/ Practice Development<\/h3>\n\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Assign yourself mini-tasks: e.g. \u201cfind three high-quality journal articles on condition X using free open access tools,\u201d or \u201cexplore how a health app handles privacy policies.\u201d After, reflect on how you have selected the sources and how you evaluate their quality.<\/summary>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Practice critical appraisal of online health information<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Use checklists (e.g. HONcode, DISCERN, JAMA, CRAAP benchmarks) to evaluate websites, apps, Social Media health claims, information and sources.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Learn to use health databases and advanced search techniques<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Exercise or train in PubMed \/ Medline, Cochrane Library, use Boolean operators, filters, MeSH terms when looking for health care information.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Use digital health tools (apps, telehealth) as a user<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Try commonly used apps (e.g., symptom checkers, patient portals) to gain firsthand perspective.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                                        <h3 class=\"group-title\">Motivation \/ Self-Efficacy<\/h3>\n\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Set SMART goals<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         E.g., \u201cWithin 3 months, I will appraise and annotate 10 health apps with pros\/cons.\u201d Having clear, measurable goals supports motivation.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Maintain a reflective journal<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         After exploring a new digital health resource, note your challenges, successes, and lessons learned. This builds confidence over time.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Seek feedback \/ mentorship<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Ask peers or professors to review your approach to digital health research and receive suggestions on how to improve.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                                        <h3 class=\"group-title\">Integration into Studies \/ Curriculum<\/h3>\n\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Integrate eHealth assignments in coursework<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Propose projects in which you must use digital health resources (e.g., designing a patient education app or comparing telemedicine platforms).                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Teach \/ share with peers<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Organize informal seminars or journal clubs on new digital health tools; teaching or explaining to other people, reinforces your understanding.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                    \n                                    <div class=\"supporting-observations\">\n                        <strong>Supporting Observations:<\/strong>\n                        <ul>\n                                                            <li>Be deliberate: allocate periodic time for exploring new digital health tools.<\/li>\n                                                            <li>Start simple and gradually escalate: begin with credible portals before exploring complex applications.<\/li>\n                                                            <li>Use multi-modal learning: videos, tutorials, webinars often help for learning interfaces.<\/li>\n                                                            <li>Monitor and revise: revisit goals and strategies; adjust based on what works.<\/li>\n                                                    <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                            \n                    <\/div>\n            <div class=\"strategy-box\" id=\"box-community\">\n            <h2 class=\"section-title\">Community \/ Institutional Level<\/h2>\n\n                                                <h3 class=\"group-title\">Curriculum \/ Faculty<\/h3>\n\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Embed a module\/course on eHealth literacy \/ digital health<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Formal curriculum inclusion ensures all students get exposure.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Interprofessional digital health workshops<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Bring together Medical, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Informatics students to jointly learn about digital health tools. It encourages a cross-exchange of ideas and perspectives.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Peer mentoring \/ digital health student spokesperson<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Identify and train student representatives, who can support peers in navigating digital health tools.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Faculty development\/training<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Teaching staff should be familiar with current digital health tools so they can mentor students and integrate them into the teaching process.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                                        <h3 class=\"group-title\">Student associations \/ clubs (hubs)<\/h3>\n\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Digital health hackathons\/design competitions<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Students work in teams to propose apps, web tools, or solutions for health information challenges; it supports hands-on learning.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Journal clubs\/discussion forums on digital health<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Regularly discuss new eHealth technologies, apps, and research in eHealth literacy.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Collaborative learning groups<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Peer groups that explore digital health tools together, share tips, and mentor each other.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                                        <h3 class=\"group-title\">Community outreach \/ Public health<\/h3>\n\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Community workshops on digital health<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Students can host sessions in community centers or schools to teach basic eHealth literacy (searching, using apps, evaluating sources).                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Partner with libraries \/ public institutions<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Collaborate with local libraries or NGOs to provide access and training in digital health navigation for the wider public.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Co-design digital health initiatives with communities<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Engage community members in designing apps or websites so that they are usable, accessible, and tailored to local needs (tailoring is more effective).                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                                        <h3 class=\"group-title\">House of residence\/ student dormitories<\/h3>\n\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Sharing resources on a webpage of a dormitory, a mailing list, or chat platforms.<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Organize a quiz evening or scavenger hunt related to electronic health literacy. Initiate formal and informal mentorship (interspecialty\/intraspecialty). Engage in sports activities linked to the collection of points on health apps. Create an online health diary to compete with others (between dormitories, between floors, etc.). Organize regular potluck evenings and share healthy recipes on an online menu.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                                        <h3 class=\"group-title\">University online space<\/h3>\n\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Anonymous online question boxes designated to questions about health and wellbeing.<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Create a safe online space, with an assigned moderating person, who actively collects topics and answers questions, as well as linking them to peer-reviewed articles for more elaborate answers and further reading.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                                        <h3 class=\"group-title\">Community outreach<\/h3>\n\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Create an Electronic Health Literacy task force<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Gather a group of students and mentors (faculty or trained students) who explore topics of electronic health literacy on Campus as well within the wider University community (neighbourhoods, training centers). The TaskForce identifies issues which are analysed and translated into actionable recommendations to be shared with the community (students, campus, neighbourhoods).                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                                        <h3 class=\"group-title\">Gamification<\/h3>\n\n                                            <details>\n                            <summary>Create digital games that enable social learning<\/summary>\n                                                            <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                                                                            <strong>Rationale:<\/strong>\n                                                                         Develop social learning digital games that are not zero sum but deepen knowledge and build networks.                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/details>\n                                    \n                                    <div class=\"supporting-observations\">\n                        <strong>Supporting Observations:<\/strong>\n                        <ul>\n                                                            <li>Tailored electronic health interventions (i.e., ones adapted to user characteristics) show a stronger effect on electronic health literacy than generic ones.<\/li>\n                                                            <li>Electronic health interventions, including web apps, mobile tools, and telehealth, have been shown to improve health literacy in several studies across populations.<\/li>\n                                                            <li>eHealth literacy intervention reviews, including features such as interactivity, feedback, social support, and tailoring improve outcomes.<\/li>\n                                                    <\/ul>\n                    <\/div>\n                            \n                    <\/div>\n            <div class=\"strategy-box\" id=\"box-other\">\n            <h2 class=\"section-title\">Other Strategic Considerations<\/h2>\n\n            \n                                                <details>\n                        <summary>Digital divide \/ unequal access<\/summary>\n                        <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                            <strong>Strategy:<\/strong>\n                             Advocate for equitable access, collaborate with libraries, provide offline resources or tablets where possible                        <\/div>\n                    <\/details>\n                                    <details>\n                        <summary>Rapid obsolescence of tools<\/summary>\n                        <div class=\"strategy-rationale\">\n                            <strong>Strategy:<\/strong>\n                             Maintain a living repository of digital health tools; 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