Level: Beginning
Prerequisite: None
Cost: $260 (nonmember, $310)
Attendance Maximum: 30

Instructor(s): Kevin Messner, biosciences librarian, Bio-Medical Library, University of Minnesota-Minneapolis; Susan Kendall, AHIP, health sciences coordinator, Library, Michigan State University Libraries-East Lansing; and Michele R. Tennant, AHIP, bioinformatics librarian, Health Sciences Center Libraries, University of Florida-Gainesville

Offered: Friday, May 19, 8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

This course introduces the training of basic biomedical scientists in doctoral programs and the scientific method, the nature of "research" in the basic sciences, and models of teaching these concepts to future scientists. The course will explain basic biomedical science disciplines (e.g., molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, physiology, neuroscience, immunology, and pharmacology), common research model organisms, and technologies with major implications for the clinical sciences that are emerging from the basic sciences. Biomedical research training programs will be compared with the training of health care professionals, with a focus on providing information services specifically for research scientists. Following the course, attendees should have an understanding of the biomedical education process for doctoral programs and common research practices and resources. This knowledge will help them tailor their services to the biomedical research community at their home institutions.