Tackling threshold concepts when teaching information literacy in a ‘post-complex’ world: drawing inspiration from, and parallels with, the healthcare profession

This 60 minute workshop explores the use of concepts from the healthcare profession, namely SUM – a Shared Understanding of Medicine - to help students negotiate the threshold concepts within Information Literacy. "The shared understanding of medicine is a process whereby people are enabled to understand the best knowledge and resources available to meet their health needs." (Lehman, 2018) The principles of SUM are very similar to Information Literacy; empowering individuals to gather and evaluate information to inform their own decisions and understanding. In a society where most things are available via a quick transaction, be it a tap on a screen or via voice command, any situation where it is not that straightforward are seen as inconvenient or even “wrong”.