As much as I would love to help medical students and professionals find the complicated information they require to do their work, I don’t think it would be nearly as satisfying as helping consumers and patients find the resources they need to stay healthy.
Perhaps it’s because I have no prior experience in medicine, but I find consumer-level information just as or more vital than technical resources. Although evidence-based practice is made possible by librarians, I think that left to their own devices, doctors could still find the information they need, albeit not as quickly. I’d rather spend time helping a consumer or patient make a healthy decision instead of an ill-informed one. And if the general public is better informed and therefore healthier, the strain on our healthcare system might be reduced, as would costs of insurance!
