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Postgraduate training in Public Health Medicine: St George's Hospital Medical School Library Public Health Information Service
Author(s) -
Rook Rosemary,
Adshead Fiona
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
health information and libraries journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1471-1842
pISSN - 1471-1834
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2532.2001.00307.x
Subject(s) - public health , service (business) , medical education , george (robot) , training (meteorology) , resource (disambiguation) , medicine , library science , public relations , business , political science , nursing , computer science , geography , marketing , computer network , artificial intelligence , meteorology
This article examines the development of the St George's Hospital Medical School Library public health information service. Begun in 1997 as a pilot project to support Public Health Specialist Registrars in South Thames West, it is now an established part of postgraduate training in the region. An outline of the service is described, including the evolution of the post of Public Health Librarian. Issues influencing the development of the service, and the establishment of the Librarian as part of the public health network are discussed. This is a transferable model of public health information provision, which as a centralized resource makes best use of available funding. As a LIS model it is an effective and efficient way of maximizing resources, and delivering a service to a specialist user group that is spread across a wide geographical area.