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To the Editor: The article by Drs Hersh and Hickam¹ did not clearly state the source of physician end-user searching training. Most end-user searching training has been provided by professional medical librarians and medical library organizations, such as the National Network of Libraries of Medicine via their member libraries and their regional library offices. Medical librarians have willingly shared their searching expertise with clinicians and consumers (the patient) to empower end users to access the medical literature anywhere, any time, day or night. End users who train other end users lack the professional expertise necessary to assume the role of quality end-user trainers. That factor can affect the quality of information retrieved as well as patient outcome.

The study by Hersh and Hickam demonstrates that literature searches performed by medical librarians are superior to those performed by physicians. Although the study indicates that the differences in retrieval by physicians compared . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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