Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success:

The Educational Policy Statement of the Medical Library Association

Executive Summary: Professional Competencies for Health Sciences Librarians; 1. Understand the health sciences and health care environment and the policies, issues and trends that impact that environment; 2. Know and understand the application of leadership, finance, communication, and management theory and techniques; 3. Understand the principles and practices related to providing information services to meet users' needs; 4. Have the ability to manage health information resources in a broad range of formats; 5. Understand and use technology and systems to manage all forms of information; 6. Understand curricular design and instruction and have the ability to teach ways to access, organize, and use information; 7. Understand scientific research methods and have the ability to critically examine and filter research literature from many related disciplines; Summary Recommendations for Action; 1. Individuals and professional organizations; 2. Health sciences librarians; 3. The Medical Library Association; 4. Employers of health sciences librarians; 5. Library and information science educators; 6. The National Library of Medicine

Recommendations for Action: General Action Recommendations; Recommendations for Individual Health Information Professional; Recommendations for the Medical Library Association; Recommendations for Employers; Recommendations for Library and Information Science Educators; Recommendations for the National Library of Medicine

Competencies for Lifelong Learning and Professional Success: The Educational Policy Statement of the Medical Library Association