Generic skills development: integrating ICT in professional preparation

Tertiary education research, policy and practice increasingly are focused on the generic skills, including information and technology literacies, developed over the course of the students’ academic career to graduation. Concurrently, professional and educational literature related to the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) expounds its benefits in supporting and enabling health professionals undertake their roles and responsibilities. This paper describes an investigation of the impact of formal and informal resources and curriculumintegrated skill development activities available to first-year undergraduate students in contributing to the development of multiple literacies.