title: Library instruction for medical students during a curriculum elective.
abstract: The University of Minnesota Medical School has an innovative curriculum, called Didactic/Selective, which provides third- and fourth-year medical students with multidisciplinary and multispecialty courses. Within this framework, the Bio-Medical Library planned a course to teach the knowledge and skills necessary for library research and information management. It included (1) searching case-related topics in print indexes, (2) formulating and processing MEDLINE searches on BRS Colleague, (3) building a personal file with PC-File or Notebook, and (4) exploring various methods for current awareness. Students' evaluations were positive, with the majority indicating that they found the course interesting and the knowledge gained substantial.
authors.affiliation: Bio-Medical Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Foreman
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D007993:Libraries, Medical; D008523:MEDLARS; D008910:Minnesota; D013337:Students, Medical; D014481:United States