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Hospital Librarians: Training The Next Generation Of Doctors, Heather J. Martin
Hospital Librarians: Training The Next Generation Of Doctors, Heather J. Martin
Heather J Martin, MISt, AHIP
Hospital librarians address a wide array of information needs. They help nurses figure out how to take care of patients, help physicians with difficult cases, help families get reliable health information, and sometimes the information they provide even helps save a life. They also play an important role in training the next generation of doctors. At one hospital in Oregon, Providence St. Joseph Health System Library Services has integrated traditional library instruction directly into the curriculum of the Internal Medicine Residency Program.