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Medical library services in Switzerland: catching up with EBM
Author(s) -
Bissels Gerhard,
Klein Sabine D.,
Kaenel Isabelle
Publication year - 2019
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 - 10.1111/hir.12284
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , medical library , service (business) , health care , information system , medical education , business , medicine , library science , computer science , political science , marketing , geography , law , archaeology
Abstract The feature is a part of the series about medical library services in various countries. It gives an overview of medical library services to support research, education and clinical practice in Switzerland. Data were collected by means of an online survey and set in the wider context of the Swiss healthcare system. Key findings are that library services, including support by academic librarians, are provided to health care staff in hospitals – both university and others, while there is no information service infrastructure to serve the large number of GPs and specialists who mostly run their own practice. The authors recommend that – if the health authorities take EBM seriously – information services should be introduced for these small practices. J.M .