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conversations.value: What could be a title for a book about Web, Because, National with the genre: Politics & Social Sciences, Social Sciences?
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conversations.value: A title for this book could be 'The Accidental Health Sciences Librarian'
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conversations.value: the first five paragraphs for this book. Start with the sentence 'The Accidental Health Sciences Librarian
  When I finished school, I did not know "what I wanted to do when I grew up'.
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conversations.value: The Accidental Health Sciences Librarian
  When I finished school, I did not know "what I wanted to do when I grew up." I took college classes part-time. Job interest tests were inconclusive. I married and had children; college was ignored for 10 years. I worked in a hospital for 20 years and finished my undergraduate degree in business at the same time the hospital laid me off due to cutbacks. I learned I am a generalist—good at many things, but not specializing in any one.
  I found a position assisting physicians with research. Finally, I realized that my talents were ideal for a librarian. Being a librarian is perfect for the generalist. I enjoy working in the health sciences, and when I took my MLIS, I focused on special librarian classes.
  As a new health sciences librarian, I've learned that keeping up in the field is one of my greatest challenges. The medical field is constantly redefining itself and its practices. The research staff in my company create medical guidelines based on the best evidence-based medical information available. Every year they examine the current literature to see what's new and what is best practice. This research is then used by practitioners in offices and hospitals as they care for their patients.
  I have to be aware of the work being done within multiple health fields through the national associations of the different disciplines. I need to know what new information is available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). When a new medical practice guideline is released from different agencies (private and government), the medical staff wants to see how it applies to its current research. The major journals in each field have to be monitored as new issues are released.
  MLA hosts several lists that may be of interest. MEDLIB-L is an open email discussion list that anyone can join and focuses on discussion of topics of interest to medical and health sciences librarians. According to MLA, MEDLIB-L "provides a forum for MLA members and other health sciences information professionals to discuss important issues about administrating their libraries and developing their careers."4 MLA-FOCUS provides current updates and announcements on MLA. Unlike MEDLIB-L, however, MLAFOCUS is limited to MLA members. There is also an MLASTUDENT list that is open to all library and information science students. An Expert Searching list, provided by MLA's Public Services Section, discusses health sciences librarians' roles in "the expert retrieval and evaluation of information in support of knowledge and evidence-based clinical, scientific, and administrative decision making at all health institutions, and the role of librarians in training future health sciences practitioners and other end users in the best retrieval methods for knowledge-based practice, research, and lifelong learning."5 A list of MLA lists is available at www.mlanet.org/discussion. In addition to these, most MLA chapters, SIGs, and sections offer email lists for discussion of relevant topics and events.
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conversations.value: five more paragraphs
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conversations.value: Searching CINAHL With Subject Headings, McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, app1.unmc.edu/mcgoogan/guides/CINAHLHeadings.html
  The Consumer Health Reference Interview and Ethical Issues, NN/LM, nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/ethics.html
  Recommended Books for a Consumer Health Library, Healthnet, library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/corelist.html
  Guidelines for Providing Medical Information to Consumers, Healthnet, library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/guidelines.html
  The Librarians' Role in the Provision of Consumer Health and Patient Education, caphis.mlanet.org/chis/librarian.html
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conversations.value: the last four paragraphs
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conversations.value: Libraries in Medical Education SIG of the Association of American Medical Colleges' Groups on Educational Affairs,
  Radiation Event Medical Management (REMM): Guidance on Diagnosis & Treatment for Health Care Providers, –
  REMM (Radiation Event Medical Management): Guidance on Diagnosis & Treatment for Health Care Providers, –
  Supporting Clinical Care: An Institute in Evidence-Based Practice for Medical Librarians, Dartmouth College,