http://davidrothman.net/2008/09/22/survey-health-sciences-librarians-and-ebm/ Health Information | Geekery Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:42:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://davidrothman.net/2008/09/22/survey-health-sciences-librarians-and-ebm/comment-page-1/#comment-173235 Vashj Melang Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:27:34 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/?p=2110#comment-173235 I understand the reason for this survey, but it's pretty obvious that librarians play a huge part in EBM, even if solely at <a href="http://www.atsu.edu/ashs/about/index.htm" rel="nofollow">health sciences universities</a>, which is almost certainly not the only place they play a role. Their importance is implied in the phrase "evidence based medicine" because there's pretty much no way to compare evidence to prior results without consulting a library, which can be pretty difficult without a librarian. That's probably why most medical research is done at Universities and especially ones that have an extensive library system. I understand the reason for this survey, but it’s pretty obvious that librarians play a huge part in EBM, even if solely at health sciences universities, which is almost certainly not the only place they play a role. Their importance is implied in the phrase “evidence based medicine” because there’s pretty much no way to compare evidence to prior results without consulting a library, which can be pretty difficult without a librarian. That’s probably why most medical research is done at Universities and especially ones that have an extensive library system.

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